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A CLINICAL EVALUATION OF ANORECTAL ELECTROMYOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF HIRSCHSPRUNG'S DISEASE
Author(s) -
SHARMA LALIT K.,
MARYA R. K.,
CHANDRAN A. P.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1981.tb06241.x
Subject(s) - medicine , electromyography , hirschsprung's disease , disease , diagnostic test , clinical diagnosis , surgery , pediatrics , physical medicine and rehabilitation
. Sharma, L., Marya, R. K. and Chandran, A. P. (Paediatric Surgery Unit and Department of Physiology, Medical College Hospital, Rohtak, India). A clinical evaluation of anorectal electromyography in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease. Acta Paediatr Scand 7: 865, 1981.‐This is a study of the relative accuracy of anorectal electromyography in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease. The electromyographic diagnosis was substantiated by positive histologic findings in 22 of 25 patients examined. There was no false positive electromyographic pattern in 20 control cases.