Study of the role of the second defecation reflex: Anorectal excitatory reflex in the pathogenesis of constipation

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 729-734

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,c   Shafik, Ali A ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^b   Ahmed, Ismail ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBORECTALIS PARADOXICAL SYNDROME; RECTAL INERTIA; SYNDROME; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0037651361     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(03)00132-7     Document Type: Article

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