Evacuation proctography: A prospective study of diagnostic and therapeutic effects

Radiology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 223-227

  Harvey, Christopher J ^a   Halligan, Steve ^a   Bartram, Clive I ^a   Hollings, Nicholas ^a   Sahdev, Anjou ^a   Kingston, Kate ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defecography; Rectum, abnormalities; Rectum, radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM SURGERY;

EID: 0032951371     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.211.1.r99mr16223     Document Type: Article

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