Anal incontinence in women with and those without pelvic floor disorders

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1266-1271

  Nichols, Catherine Matthews ^a,b   Ramakrishnan, Viswanathan ^a   Gill, Edward J ^a   Hurt, W Glenn ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 980034 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 27944464078     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000187303.43011.12     Document Type: Article

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