Assessment of the reliability of cerebral potentials evoked by electrical stimulation of the anal canal

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 335-339

  Leroi, A M ^a,b   Ducrotte P ^a   Bouaniche, M ^a   Touchais, J Y ^a   Weber, J ^a   Denis, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLITORIS; CONSTIPATION; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; CLITORIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PENIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031444567     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003840050119     Document Type: Article

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