Endosonography of the puborectalis muscle-interobserver comparison of the anal and vaginal ultrasonography

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Sudoł Szopińska, Iwona ^a,e   Szczepkowski, Marek ^b   Panorska, Anna ^c   Jakubowski, Wiesław ^a   Sarti, Dariusz ^d  

^a Department of Diagnostic Imaging Second Faculty of Medicine   (Poland)

^b Second Surgical Department Bielany Hospital   (Poland)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Department of Proctology Warsaw County Hospital   (Poland)

^e Wojewódzki Szpital Bródnoski   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anal ultrasonography; Puborectal muscle; Vagina ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS ECHOGRAPHY; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PUBORECTAL MUSCLE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036239836     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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