Higher ambidexterity in children with intellectual deficiency of idiopathic origin

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-62

  Fidan, Tulin ^a   Dane, Senol ^b   Deveci, Erdem ^a   Kirpinar, Ismet ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Footedness; Handedness; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 77349085996     PISSN: 09419500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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