The formation of cataract is earlier in the dominant eye.
Relations among handedness, eye dominance, and lateralisation in the formation of cataract were investigated in 35 male and 21 female patients with cataract. In right-handed patients, cataracts formed earlier in the right eyes than in the left eye; this was reversed in left-handed patients. For both right- and left-eye dominant patients, cataracts formed earlier in the dominant eye.
Dane
Senol
S
Department of Physiology, Medical School, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. sdane@atauni.edu.tr
Aslankurt
Murat
M
Yazici
Ahmet Taylan
AT
D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D023882:Dominance, Ocular; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged