Endocoil magnetic resonance imaging quantification of external anal sphincter atrophy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 853-859

  Williams, A B ^a,b   Bartram, C I ^a   Modhwadia, D ^a   Nicholls, T ^a   Halligan, S ^a   Kamm, M A ^a   Nicholls, R J ^a   Kmiot, W A ^b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS FLOOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RATING SCALE; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ATROPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034851647     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01796.x     Document Type: Article

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