ELECTROSIGMOIDOGRAM, ELECTRORECTOGRAM AND THEIR RELATION

Ahmed Shafik

Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery and Experimental Research, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Received 6/20/97 Accepted 7/31/97

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