Radiographic assessment of the index to ring finger ratio (2D:4D) in adults

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-48

  Robertson, J ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Liu, J J ^b   Muir, K R ^b   Maciewicz, R A ^c   Doherty, Michael ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D:4D ratios; Metacarpals; Phalanges; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTAL PHALANX; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHALANX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGER PHALANGES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 37749013555     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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