Handedness in preterm born children: A systematic review and a meta-analysis

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2299-2310

  Domellöf, Erik ^a,b   Johansson, Anna Maria ^a   Rönnqvist, Louise ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kolbacken Child Rehabilitation Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Hand preference; Handedness; Laterality; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 79960155025     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.04.033     Document Type: Review

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