Effects of age and gender on three-dimensional endoanal ultrasonography measurements: Development of normal ranges

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-329

  Knowles, A M ^a   Knowles, C H ^a   Scott, S M ^a   Lunniss, P J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D endoanal ultrasonography; Aging; Anal canal; Anal sphincter; Faecal incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANAL CANAL; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOANAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NULLIPARA; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PARITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANAL CANAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 58549111385     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-008-0443-5     Document Type: Article

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