An assessment of the incidence of fistula-in-ano in four countries of the European Union

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1459-1462

  Zanotti, Carlo ^b   Martinez Puente, Carmen ^b   Pascual, Isabel ^a,b,c   Pascual, María ^b   Herreros, Dolores ^a,b   García Olmo, Damián ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Cellerix SA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Rectal fistula

Indexed keywords

ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; ITALY; RECTAL FISTULA; SPAIN;

EID: 35148821846     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0334-7     Document Type: Article

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