Subtypes of anal incontinence associated with bowel dysfunction: Clinical, physiologic, and psychosocial characterization

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1627-1635

  Crowell, M D ^a,b,c   Lacy, B E ^b   Schettler, V A ^b   Dineen, T N ^a   Olden, K W ^a   Talley, N J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Anorectal manometry; Functional bowel disease; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HOPKINS BOWEL SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FLOOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90 R;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; COLON; DIARRHEA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4944237701     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0646-4     Document Type: Article

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