Relation between anal electrosensitivity and rectal filling sensation and the influence of age

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-133

  Broens, Paul M A ^a,b   Penninckx, Freddy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Anal electrosensitivity; Anal manometry; Rectal filling sensation; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX RATIO; AGE; ANAL CANAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFECATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RECTUM; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 13744249528     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0779-5     Document Type: Article

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