Defecographic diagnosis of the puborectalis syndrome;Diagnosi mediante defecografia della sindrome del muscolo puborettale

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 396-400

  Salzano, Antonio ^a,c   Cavallo, Giovanni ^b   De Rosa, Aniello ^a   De Luca, Luigi E ^a   Serpe, Alfredo ^a   Losco, Matteo ^a  

^a Ospedale Loreto Mare   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defecography Puborettal muscle; Dyschezia; Puborectalis syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFECATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM DISEASE; SYNDROME;

DEFECATION; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RECTAL DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031109833     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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