Difficult defaecation and/or faecal incontinence as a presenting feature of neurologic disorders in four patients

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Bardoux, N ^a   Leroi, A M ^a,b   Touchais, J Y ^a   Weber, J ^a   Denis, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amiodarone neuropathy; Difficult defaecation; Faecal incontinence; Multiple cerebral infarction; Multiple system atrophy; Neurinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURINOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; TENDON REFLEX;

EID: 0031040942     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.1997.d01-2.x     Document Type: Article

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