Anorectal disorders

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 786-794

  Bharucha, Adil E ^a   Wald, Arnold M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; GLYCEROL; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; LUBIPROSTONE; MACROGOL;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECATION HABIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIETARY FIBER; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE DURATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DEFECATION DISORDER; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANUS DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RECTAL DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 77950514910     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.70     Document Type: Review

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