Fecal incontinence in women

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 741-747

  Jackson, Susan L ^a   Hull, Tracy L ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUDENDAL NERVE; REVIEW; SPHINCTEROPLASTY;

EPISIOTOMY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY;

EID: 0032431934     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-199812000-00005     Document Type: Review

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