Prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of ankyloglossia: Methodologic review

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1027-1033

  Segal, Lauren M ^a,d   Stephenson, Randolph ^b   Dawes, Martin ^c   Feldman, Perle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOGLOSSIA; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CINAHL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MASTALGIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUCKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BREAST FEEDING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINGUAL FRENUM; PREVALENCE; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TONGUE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250770013     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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