Magnetic resonance imaging of anatomic and dynamic defects of the pelvic floor in defecatory disorders

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 399-411

  Fletcher, J G ^b   Busse, R F ^b   Riederer, S J ^b   Hough, D ^b   Gluecker, T ^b   Harper, C M ^b   Bharucha, A E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0037282969     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07235.x     Document Type: Article

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