Anismus: A marker of multi-site functional disorders?

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 374-379

  Bouchoucha, Michel ^a   Devroede, Ghislain ^b   Arsac, Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorectal manometry; Colonic transit time; Questionnaire; Visual analog scales

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AEROPHAGIA; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 3042805078     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-003-0574-0     Document Type: Article

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