Anal sphincter defects in patients with fecal incontinence: Endoanal versus external phased-array MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 886-895

  Terra, Maaike P ^a   Beets Tan, Regina G H ^b   Van Der Hulst, Victor P M ^c   Dijkgraaf, Marcel G W ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a   Dobben, Annette C ^a   Baeten, Cor G M I ^b   Stoker, Jaap ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23844547577     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2363041162     Document Type: Article

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