Left-handedness in a sample of nine patients with Borderline personality disorder

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 99, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 849-852

  Niederhofer, Helmut ^a,b  

^a General Hospital of Bolzano   (Italy)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

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EID: 12944289529     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.99.3.849-852     Document Type: Article

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