Non-right-handedness is associated with migraine and soft bipolarity in patients with mood disorders

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-224

  Fasmer, Ole Bernt ^a,b   Akiskal, Hagop S ^c   Hugdahl, Kenneth ^b,d   Oedegaard, Ketil Joachim ^a,b,c  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Affective temperaments; Handedness; Migraine; Mood disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MIGRAINE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42749094031     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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