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Dominant use of the left hand by athetotic cerebral palsied children.

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Brain Dev, 12 (6): 807--808 (1990)

Abstract

Hand preference was studied in 57 children with athetotic cerebral palsy. A left-sided preference was seen in 61\% of the subjects. In more severely affected children for whom the possible cause was asphyxia, the left-sided preference was especially common. The perinatal brain damage causing athetosis may affect a motor system controlling movement on the right side more severely.

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