This study was designed to analyze the characteristics and the quality of reporting of randomized, controlled trials published during the last ten years on fecal incontinence

Chelvanayagam, Sonya

Norton, C.

Parés, D.

English

Bournemouth University Research Online

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Fecal incontinence: the quality of reported randomized, controlled trials in the last ten years.

Fecal incontinence: the quality of reported randomized, controlled trials in the last ten years.

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