Dominant use of the left hand by athetotic cerebral palsied children.
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.
Yokochi
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Department of Pediatric Neurology, Seirei-Mikatabara General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Shimabukuro
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Kodama
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Hosoe
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D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male