Evacuation proctography: A reappraisal of normal variability

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 538-546

  Palit, S ^a   Bhan, C ^a   Lunniss, P J ^a   Boyle, D J s ^a   Gladman, M A ^b   Knowles, C H ^a   Scott, S M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Defecation; Defecography; Normal values; Proctography; Rectal evacuation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECOGRAPHY; EVACUATION PROCTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; DEFECATION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902189992     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12595     Document Type: Article

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