Endoanal MR imaging of the anal sphincter in fecal incontinence

Radiographics

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC.ISS., 1999, Pages

  Rociu, Elena ^a,b   Stoker, Jaap ^a,b   Zwamborn, Andries W ^a   Laméris, Johan S ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anus, abnormalities, 757.40; Anus, MR, 757.12141; Magnetic resonance (MR), intracavitary coils, 757.12141

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ANAL CANAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0033209728     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.19.suppl_1.g99oc02s171     Document Type: Article

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