Increased rate of non-right-handedness in patients with bipolar disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 866-867

  Nowakowska, Cecylia ^a   Sachs, Gary S ^b   Zarate Jr , Carlos A ^c   Marangell, Lauren B ^d   Calabrese, Joseph R ^e   Goldberg, Joseph F ^f   Ketter, Terence A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

EID: 45249091026     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n0522g     Document Type: Letter

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