The diagnostic value of anorectal manometry as a screening test for Hirschsprung's disease

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1100-1105

  Osatakul, Seksit ^a   Patrapinyokul, Sakda ^a   Osatakul, Noppawan ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anorectal Manometry; Diagnosis; Hirschsprung's Disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033219193     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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