Predictive Value of the Balloon Expulsion Test for Excluding the Diagnosis of Pelvic Floor Dyssynergia in Constipation

Gastroenterology

Volumn 126, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 57-62

  Minguez, Miguel ^a,b   Herreros, Belen ^a   Sanchiz, Vicente ^a   Hernandez, Vicent ^a   Almela, Pedro ^a   Añon, Ramon ^a   Mora, Francisco ^a   Benages, Adolfo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b Hospital Clinico Universitario   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS; ARTICLE; BALLOON EXPULSION TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE DISEASE; PAIN; PELVIS FLOOR DYSSYNERGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347991875     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2003.10.044     Document Type: Article

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