title: The correlation between lateralization of intracerebral hemorrhage in basal ganglia and handedness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the correlation between lateralization of cerebral basal ganglia hemorrhage and handedness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medical records and computed tomography (CT) scans for 84 patients with primary hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in basal ganglia were reviewed. Data of gender, age, handedness, and location of basal ganglia hematoma were statistically analyzed. Data of age, gender, handedness, health condition, and mean blood flow velocity (BFV) in middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) and anterior cerebral arteries (ACAs) on both sides of 114 healthy individuals were statistically analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found out that the patients with right basal ganglia hemorrhage were mostly left-handed, while patients with left basal ganglia hemorrhage were mostly right handed (p=0.021, r=0.251). And the mean BFV in the right MCAs of left-handed ones are relatively higher, the mean BFV in the left MCAs of right-handers are relatively higher (p=0.008, r=0.248).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There 's a correlation between lateralization of cerebral basal ganglia hemorrhage and handedness.
authors.affiliation: Liaoning Medical College, Jinzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Zhenxing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaochuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.forename: Jishou
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Guangrong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020771:Anterior Cerebral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D020145:Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D012737:Sex Factors