Therapeutic effects of different doses of botulinum toxin in chronic anal fissure

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1016-1021

  Mínguez, Miguel ^a   Melo, Francisco ^a   Espí, Alejandro ^a   García Granero, Eduardo ^a   Mora, Francisco ^a   Lledó, Salvador ^a   Benages, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Chronic anal fissure

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS PRURITUS; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344721503     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236694     Document Type: Article

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