Rectal hyposensitivity: A disorder of the rectal wall or the afferent pathway? An assessment using the barostat

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 106-114

  Gladman, Marc A ^a   Dvorkin, Lee S ^a   Lunniss, Peter J ^a   Williams, Norman S ^a   Scott, S Mark ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAROSTAT; COLON DILATATION; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL COMPLIANCE; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM HYPOSENSITIVITY; SENSORY NERVE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLIANCE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 13744259794     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40021.x     Document Type: Article

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