Anal sphincter response to distension

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-125

  Bouchoucha, Michel ^a   Faye, Alain ^b   Arsac, Michel ^b   Rocaries, François ^b  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b Hopital Laennec   (France)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter; Humans; Model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MANOMETRY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TUBE;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRESSURE; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035050873     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003840000284     Document Type: Article

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