title: Hormones and handedness: left-hand bias in female congenital adrenal hyperplasia patients.
abstract: An excess of left-handers among males has been attributed to early androgen exposure. This theory was supported by our observation that girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) are more left-biased than their normal sisters. Male CAH patients, with prenatal androgen exposure similar to that of unaffected brothers, had typical male-handedness patterns.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000312:Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013223:Statistics as Topic