In defense of the sinistrals: Anatomy of handedness and the safety of prenatal ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-212

  Derakhshan, I ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL POPULATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS RISK; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEWBORN CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037350974     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.38     Document Type: Editorial

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