Mixed handedness prevails among children and adolescents with infantile asthma and diabetes

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 769-772

  Preti, Antonio ^a,b,d   Lai, Alessandra ^a   Serra, Marianna ^a   Zurrida, Giampiero Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Genneruxi Medical Center   (Italy)

^c BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Centro Medico Genneruxi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Left handedness; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 56649086760     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2007.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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