Tongue-tie in the Newborn: What, when, who and how? Exploring tongue-tie division

Breastfeeding Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 7-10

  Todd, David A ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Breastfeeding; Management; Tongue tie

Indexed keywords

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; REVIEW; TONGUE;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINGUAL FRENUM;

EID: 84905679043     PISSN: 07292759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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