Is there a link between irritable bowel syndrome and left-handedness?: An exploratory study

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-59

  Dancey, Christine P ^a   Attree, E A ^a   Bàrdos, György ^b   Kovacs, Ágota ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Gastroenterological Department   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; IRRITABLE COLON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33645294889     PISSN: 1053881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02734189     Document Type: Article

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