Variation in clinical, manometric and endosonographic findings in anterior chronic anal fissure: A prospective study

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-26

  Pascual, Marta ^a   Parés, David ^a   Pera, Miguel ^a   Courtier, Ricard ^a   Gil, Maria José ^a   Puig, Sonia ^a   Serrano, Alejandro ^a   Andreu, Montserrat ^a   Grande, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anal endosonography; Anal manometry; Chronic anal fissure; Diagnosis; GTN

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPHINCTER; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OINTMENTS; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 37249064733     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9816-2     Document Type: Article

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