Amplitude and recovery velocity of relaxation induced by rectoanal inhibitory reflex and its importance for obstructive evacuation Amplitude e recuperação da velocidade do relaxamento induzida pelo reflexo inibitório retoanal e sua importância na evacuação obstrutiva

BACKGROUND: The rectoanal inhibitory reflex has an important rule in the fecal continence mechanism. Alterations in this reflex can be associated with compromised anal sphincteric function. AIM: To identify possible correlation between rectoanal inhibitory reflex parameters and intestinal constipati...

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Main Authors: João Gomes Netinho, Maria de Lourdes Setsuko Ayrizono, Cláudio Saddy Rodrigues Coy, João José Fagundes, Juvenal Ricardo Navarro Góes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2005-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032005000100006