Prospective assessment of interobserver agreement for defecography in fecal incontinence

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1166-1172

  Dobben, Annette C ^a   Wiersma, Tjeerd G ^b   Janssen, Lucas W M ^c   De Vos, Rien ^a   Terra, Maaike P ^a   Baeten, Cor G ^d   Stoker, Jaap ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; ENTEROCELE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECTOCELE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; DEFECOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33644835832     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1387     Document Type: Article

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