Anal incontinence: Diagnosis by endoanal US or endovaginal MRI

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1472-1477

  Pinta, Tarja ^a   Kylänpää, Marja Leena ^b   Luukkonen, Pekka ^b   Tapani, Erna ^b   Kivisaari, Arto ^b   Kivisaari, Leena ^b  

^a SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Anal sphincter defects; Endoanal ultrasound; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 4444284629     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2313-5     Document Type: Article

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