Normal female anal sphincter: Difficulties in interpretation explained

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-175

  Bollard, R C ^a   Gardiner, A ^b   Lindow, S ^c   Phillips, K ^b   Duthie, G S ^b  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoanal ultrasound; Female anal sphincter; Normal anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; PARITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036171295     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6139-7     Document Type: Article

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