Sonographic investigation of the rectoanal inhibitory reflex: A qualitative pilot study in healthy females

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-237

  Orno A K ^a,b   Marsal K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anal continence; Anal incontinence; Internal anal sphincter; Rectoanal inhibitory reflex; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINEUM; PERISTALSIS; RECTUM MOTILITY; REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RECTUM; REFLEX;

EID: 32344446940     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0259-6     Document Type: Article

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