Short Lingual Frenulum and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pre-Pubertal Children
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Short Lingual Frenulum and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children
C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Huang YS, Quo S, Berkowski JA, Guilleminault C (2015) Short Lingual Frenulum and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children. Int J Pediatr Res 1:003 Received: January 27, 2015: Accepted: April 06, 2015: Published: April 08, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Huang YS. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licens...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Pediatric Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2469-5769
DOI: 10.23937/2469-5769/1510003