Ten years' experience with botulin toxin in anal fissure

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 298-302

  Jost, Wolfgang H ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anal fissure; Botulin toxin

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FLATULENCE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036935578     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-002-0398-3     Document Type: Article

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