External anal sphincter fatigue is not improved by N-acetylcysteine in an animal model

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 719-724

  Healy, C F ^a   Mcmorrow, C ^b   O'Herlihy, C ^b   O'Connell, P R ^a   Jones, J F X ^b  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

External anal sphincter; Fatigue; N acetylcysteine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE LEVEL; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 43549110911     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2008.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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