Prevalence of rectoanal inhibitory reflex in chagasic megacolon
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Prevalence of rectoanal inhibitory reflex in chagasic megacolon.
BACKGROUND Rectoanal inhibitory reflex is not always evident in patients with chagasic megacolon. This may be due to insufficient volumes of air used during insufflation for the manometric examination. AIMS To identify the volume of air necessary to induce rectoanal inhibitory reflex in patients with chagasic megacolon and to observe its prevalence in these individuals. METHODS Rectoanal in...
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متن کاملCOLONIC MOTILITY Interstitial cells of Cajal are involved in the afferent limb of the rectoanal inhibitory reflex
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0004-2803
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032008000200007