Functional correlates of anal canal anatomy: Puborectalis muscle and anal canal pressure

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1092-1097

  Liu, Jianmin ^a   Guaderrama, Noelani ^a   Nager, Charles W ^a   Pretorius, Dolores H ^a   Master, Sonali ^a   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM MUCOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAGINA;

EID: 33646596299     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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