Quality of life for children with fecal incontinence after surgically corrected anorectal malformation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 462-464

  Bai, Yuzuo ^a   Yuan, Zhengwei ^a   Wang, Weilin ^a,b   Zhao, Yaru ^a   Wang, Huizhen ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a Second Clin Coll China Med Univ   (China)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformation; Fecal incontinence; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0034058582     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(00)90215-X     Document Type: Article

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