Risk factors in faecal incontinence

Fecal Incontinence: Diagnosis and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 43-66

  Scott, S Mark ^a   Lunniss, Peter J ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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