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Latch-on Difficulty

Latch-On Difficulty is a clinical construct that denotes the inability or substantial challenge of an infant to achieve and sustain proper attachment to the maternal nipple–areolar complex during breastfeeding, distinguished from other feeding difficulties by its specificity to the biomechanics of initial suckling engagement.

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Authors

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Ankyloglossia: Assessment, Incidence, and Effect of Frenuloplasty on the Breastfeeding Dyad

Jeanne L. Ballard, Christine Auer, Jane Khoury · PEDIATRICS · 2002 · 339 citations

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Do Tongue Ties Affect Breastfeeding?

D.M. Griffiths · Journal of Human Lactation · 2004 · 118 citations

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Effects of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on severe latch-on problems in older infants: a randomized trial

Kristin Svensson, Marianne Velandia, Ann-Sofi T Matthiesen et al. · International Breastfeeding Journal · 2013 · 102 citations · Full text

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Reasons for Early Cessation of Breastfeeding Among Women with Low Income

Paige P. Hornsby, Kelly K. Gurka, Mark R. Conaway et al. · Breastfeeding Medicine · 2019 · 76 citations

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Lingual frenulum and effect on breastfeeding in Thai newborn infants

Sopapan Ngerncham, Mongkol Laohapensang, Thidaratana Wongvisutdhi et al. · Paediatrics and International Child Health · 2013 · 69 citations

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Authors

39

  1. AT
    Ann-Sofi T Matthiesen

    Mälardalen University, Sweden

    1 publications · 102 citations

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  2. JL
    Jeanne L. Ballard

    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, United States

    1 publications · 339 citations

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  3. PP
    Pawin Puapornpong

    Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand

    1 publications · 15 citations

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    h-index

  4. PP
    Paige P. Hornsby

    University of Virginia, United States

    1 publications · 76 citations

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    h-index

  5. DG
    D.M. Griffiths

    Southampton General Hospital, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 118 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

18

  1. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    373 citations

  2. ALTA (Italy)

    Siena, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  3. Mahidol University

    Bangkok, Thailand

    1 h-index

    8 publications

    552 citations

  4. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    76 citations

  5. California Polytechnic State University

    San Luis Obispo, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  6. University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    339 citations

  7. Mälardalen University

    Västerås, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    102 citations

  8. University of Milano-Bicocca

    Milan, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Human Lactation

    JHL · 4 publications · 159 citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 1 publications · 15 citations

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  3. Midwifery

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. Maternal and Child Nutrition

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  5. International Breastfeeding Journal

    1 publications · 102 citations

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