Anal fissure

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1291-1297

  Metcalf, Amanda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISPAGULA; METHYLCELLULOSE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANOPLASTY; ANUS FISSURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036917348     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(02)00059-2     Document Type: Review

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