Rectal sensorimotor dysfunction in women with fecal incontinence

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Andrews, Christopher ^a   Bharucha, Adil E ^a   Seide, Barb ^a   Zinsmeister, A R ^b  

^a Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Contractions; Hypersensitivity; Perception; Rate; Sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ENEMA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33846217742     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00176.2006     Document Type: Article

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