Functional imaging of the pelvic floor

Radiology

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-39

  Maglinte, Dean D T ^a   Bartram, Clive I ^c   Hale, Douglass A ^d   Park, Jean ^d   Kohli, Marc D ^a   Robb, Bruce W ^b   Romano, Stefania ^e   Lappas, John C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Indiana University   (United States)

^c Princess Grace Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYNAMIC CYSTOCOLPOPROCTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANAL CANAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CYSTOCELE; CYSTOSCOPY; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTOCELE;

EID: 78650605561     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10092367     Document Type: Article

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