Newborn tongue-tie: Prevalence and effect on breast-feeding

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Ricke, Lori A ^a   Baker, Nancy J ^a   Madlon Kay, Diane J ^a,c   DeFor, Terese A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASTALGIA; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TONGUE DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; NEWBORN; TONGUE;

BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINGUAL FRENUM; MALE; PREVALENCE; TONGUE;

EID: 20044366431     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.1.1     Document Type: Article

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