Investigation of faecal incontinence

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 533-537

  Buchanan, Gordon N ^a   Nicholls, Tanya ^a   Solanki, Deepa ^a   Kamm, Michael A ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESSURE; RECTOSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANOMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESSURE; PROCTOSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035462870     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2001.62.9.1642     Document Type: Article

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