Recent Advances in Assessing Anorectal Structure and Functions

Gastroenterology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1069-1074

  Bharucha, Adil E ^a   Fletcher, J G ^b  

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

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM;

EID: 34848857917     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.08.051     Document Type: Article

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