Impaired rectoanal inhibitory response in scleroderma (systemic sclerosis): An association with fecal incontinence

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1040-1045

  Heyt, Gregory J ^a   Oh, Mina K ^a   Alemzadeh, Nazanin ^a   Rivera, Susie ^a   Jimenez, Sergio A ^a   Rattan, Satish ^a   Cohen, Sidney ^a   Dimarino Jr , Anthony J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

fecal incontinence; gastrointestinal motility; manometry; reflex, anal; sclerosis, systemic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOANAL INHIBITORY RESPONSE; SCLERODERMA; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; BLOOD PROTEINS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 3543043117     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000034569.85066.69     Document Type: Article

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