Clinical significance of quantitative assessment of rectoanal inhibitory reflex (RAIR) in patients with constipation

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 692-698

  Xu, Xiaohong ^a   Pasricha, Pankaj J ^b   Sallam, Hanaa S ^b   Ma, Long ^b   Chen, Jiande D Z ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL REFLEX; ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOANAL INHIBITORY REFLEX; ANAL CANAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RECTUM; REFLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CONSTIPATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RECTUM; REFLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54749097167     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31814927ba     Document Type: Article

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