Anorectal manometry with water-perfused catheter in healthy adults with no functional bowel disorders

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-225

  Corsetti, Maura ^a   Passaretti, Sandro ^a   Barzaghi, Franco ^b   Limido, Eugenio ^b   Bottini, Corrado ^c   Tessera, Gaetano ^c   Gianfrate, Luigi ^d   Bonecco, Sara ^d   Antonio Noris, Roberto ^e   Castagna, Valeriano ^e   Radaelli, Franco ^f   Strocchi, Enrico ^f   Dinelli, Marco ^g   Fossati, Daniela ^a   Strada, Elena ^a   Viviani, Giovanni ^h   Casa, Domenico Della ⁱ   Missale, Guido ⁱ  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera S Antonio Abate di Gallarate   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^e Seriate Hospital   (Italy)

^f VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h S Orsola Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorectal manometry; Healthy adults; Water perfused system

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION URGENCY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77954375983     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01787.x     Document Type: Article

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