Which patients need referral for anal sphincter electromyography?

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 278-282

  Podnar, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Idications; Peripheral nervous system; Referrals; Sacral lesions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; BLADDER SPHINCTER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PERINEUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 32144444165     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20472     Document Type: Review

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