Functional activity of the rectum: A conduit organ or a storage organ or both?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 28, 2006, Pages 4549-4552

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,d   Mostafa, Randa M ^b   Shafik, Ismail ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^c   Shafik, Ali A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Sharkia University   (Egypt)

^c MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anal pressure; First rectal sensation; Rectal pressure; Rectometry

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; DEFECATION; DEFECATION URGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 33747453052     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i28.4549     Document Type: Article

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