Results of neurophysiologic evaluation in fecal incontinence

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1256-1261

  Osterberg A ^a   Graf, W ^a   Eeg Olofsson, K Edebol ^a   Hynninen, P ^a   Pahlman L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Fiber density; Pudendal nerve terminal motor latency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; DEFECOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUDENDAL NERVE;

EID: 0033818026     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02237432     Document Type: Article

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