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A frequent phenotype for paediatric sleep apnoea: short lingual frenulum

A short lingual frenulum has been associated with difficulties in sucking, swallowing and speech. The oral dysfunction induced by a short lingual frenulum can lead to oral-facial dysmorphosis, which decreases the size of upper airway support. Such progressive change increases the risk of upper airwa...

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Autores principales: Guilleminault, Christian, Huseni, Shehlanoor, Lo, Lauren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27730205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00043-2016