High-resolution Anorectal Manometry for Autonomic Dysreflexia in a Patient With Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
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High-resolution Anorectal Manometry for Autonomic Dysreflexia in a Patient With Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2093-0879,2093-0887
DOI: 10.5056/jnm.20.2.271