Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 18-26 , January 2008

Imaging of obstructed defecation

Received 28 October 2006 ,Revised 25 April 2007 ,Accepted 1 May 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00279-6

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.05.015

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 18-26 , January 2008

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