Rectal compliance, capacity, and rectoanal sensation in fecal incontinence

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2158-2168

  Salvioli, Beatrice ^a   Bharucha, Adil E ^a,b   Rath Harvey, Doris ^a   Pemberton, John H ^a   Phillips, Sidney F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TOUCH;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; COMPLIANCE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; RECTUM; ROC CURVE; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 0034939207     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02517-5     Document Type: Article

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