Morphology of the levator ani muscle

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1831-1839

  Li, Dawei ^a   Guo, Maolin ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CT defecography; Levator ani; Morphology; Puborectalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; REST; SITTING;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35949004406     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0265-y     Document Type: Article

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