Manometric tests of anorectal function in 90 healthy children: a clinical study from Kuwait

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1786-1790

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Ramadan, Saleema ^a   Gupta, Vipul ^a   Helmy, Safwat ^a   Atta, Imran ^a   Alkholy, Ashraf ^a  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Anal canal length, ACl; High pressure zone, HPZ; Rectoanal inhibitory reflex, RAIR; Resting pressure of anal canal, RP

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERBARISM; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANAL CANAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KUWAIT; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRESSURE; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX;

EID: 69749092262     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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