Anal endosonography for the study of anal canal anatomy: Normal images and sonographic variants

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 368-371

  Ramirez Rodriguez J M ^a,b   Palacios Fanlo, M J ^b   Artigas Marco, C A ^a   Aguilella Diago, V ^a   Martinez Diez M ^a  

^a Surgery B Service ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anal canal; Anal endosonography; External anal sphincter; Internal anal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035376627     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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