Morphological asymmetry in thyroid lobes, and sex and handedness differences in healthy young subjects

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1173-1179

  Yildirim, Mustafa ^a   Dane, Şenol ^a   Seven, Bedri ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Handedness; Sex; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EDINBURG HANDEDNESS INVENTORY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750002240     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450500513997     Document Type: Article

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