Unilateral cleft lip with or without cleft palate and handedness: Is there an association?

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-51

  Daskalogiannakis, John ^a,b   Kuntz, Kari L ^c   Chudley, Albert E ^d   Ross, R Bruce ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Dental Department

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral dominance; Cleft lip and palate; Handedness; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; ONTARIO; PALATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031907817     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1998)035<0046:UCLWOW>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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