Left or right hand dominance in children with cleft lip and palate

Authors
Jeffery, SLA Boorman, JG
Citation
Sla. Jeffery et Jg. Boorman, Left or right hand dominance in children with cleft lip and palate, BR J PL SUR, 53(6), 2000, pp. 477-478
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY
ISSN journal
00071226 → ACNP
Volume
53
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
477 - 478
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1226(200009)53:6<477:LORHDI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The relationship between unilateral cleft lip, bilateral cleft lip, palatal clefting and left-right hand dominance was studied in 337 patients with cl eft lip and/or palate aged between 3 and 14 years. There was no statistical ly significant difference in the laterality of handedness between different types of cleft nor between unilateral left and right sided cleft lip with or without cleft palate. (C) 2000 The British Association of Plastic Surgeo ns.