Left-handedness and inheritance of bronchial asthma.
A statistically significant difference in mean laterality quotients of 15 asthmatic and 106 nonasthmatic children showed a coexistence of left-handedness and asthma early in life. It is suggested that this phenomenon is not only a fetal event as the Geschwind-Galaburda hypothesis claims but it is mainly based on maternal line inheritance.
Andreou
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Department of Special Education, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Karapetsas
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Gourgoulianis
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Molyvdas
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PA
D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013739:Testosterone / Q000502:physiology
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