Back to Search
Start Over
Hypoplastic or absent mandibular frenulum: a new predictive sign of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
- Source :
-
The Journal of pediatrics [J Pediatr] 2000 Mar; Vol. 136 (3), pp. 408-10. - Publication Year :
- 2000
-
Abstract
- Among 25 patients with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, a hypoplastic or absent mandibular frenulum was noted in 92%, compared with 1.6% of 319 control infants (P <.001). This previously unrecognized sign may prove helpful in identifying newborns at risk of developing the disorder.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022-3476
- Volume :
- 136
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10700703
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1067/mpd.2000.103506