Does correlation exist between anorectal manometry and endoanal ultrasound findings in healthy subjects according to age?

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 304-309

  Martínez Vilalta, Miquel ^a   Maestre, Yolanda ^a   Royo, Inmaculada ^a   Ibáñez Zafón, Inés ^a   Grande, Luis ^a   Parés, David ^a  

^a PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anorectal manometry; Endoanal ultrasonography; Fecal incontinence; Healthy volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOANAL ULTRASOUND; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS;

AGING; ANAL CANAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 80054678702     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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