Anorectal disorders

Gastroenterology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1430-1442.e4

  Rao, Satish S C ^a   Bharucha, Adil E ^b   Chiarioni, Giuseppe ^c,d   Felt Bersma, Richelle ^e   Knowles, Charles ^f   Malcolm, Allison ^g   Wald, Arnold ^h  

^a AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Anorectal Disorders; Anorectal Pain; Biofeedback Therapy; Constipation; Dyssynergic Defecation; Fecal Incontinence; Levator Ani Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT;

ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL PAIN; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECATION HABIT; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTALGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84964744593     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.02.009     Document Type: Article

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