Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and cerebral asymmetry: An examination of a nonspinal perceptual system

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Volumn 20, Issue 15, 1995, Pages 1685-1691

  Goldberg, Caroline J ^a   Dowling, Frank E ^b   Fogarty, Esmond E ^b   Moore, David P ^b  

^a Children's Research Centre   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Asymmetry; Dichotic listening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERALITY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 0029099096     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199508000-00007     Document Type: Article

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