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Anal sphincters defects--verification of the anal ultrasound diagnosis in 'bimanual' examination

I Sudoł-Szopińska1, M Szczepkowski, W Jakubowski

  • 1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Second Faculty of Medicine, 03-285, Warsaw, Konratowicza 8 st., Poland. mdyvonne@poczta.wp.pl

European Journal of Ultrasound : Official Journal of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
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