dc.creator | Krommydas, G. | en |
dc.creator | Gourgoulianis, K. I. | en |
dc.creator | Andreou, G. | en |
dc.creator | Molyvdas, P. A. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:37:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:37:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2003.00013.x | |
dc.identifier.issn | 9056157 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/30046 | |
dc.description.abstract | Left-handedness has been associated with asthma and allergic disorders. The Geschwind-Behan-Galaburda (GBG) hypothesis could explain this association. In view of previous findings, we investigated the distribution of laterality scores among asthmatic children and controls aged 4-8 years old. Seventy families with asthmatic children were administered the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire and the Edinburgh Left-handedness Inventory. A sample of 70 families with non-asthmatic, healthy children was used as controls. The majority of children had mild asthma. Ambidexterity was the main feature in the asthmatic children. A statistically significant difference in the laterality quotient (LQ) distribution was found in the group of asthmatic children with allergic rhinitis (LQ mean value in the asthmatic children with allergic rhinitis: 42.85 vs. 79.50 in the rest of the asthmatic children). These results suggest that there is a tendency towards left-handedness in asthmatic children and lend support to the GBG hypothesis. | en |
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dc.subject | Allergic rhinitis | en |
dc.subject | Asthma | en |
dc.subject | Childhood | en |
dc.subject | Eczema | en |
dc.subject | Left-handedness | en |
dc.subject | allergy | en |
dc.subject | child | en |
dc.subject | conference paper | en |
dc.subject | controlled study | en |
dc.subject | female | en |
dc.subject | hemispheric dominance | en |
dc.subject | human | en |
dc.subject | hypothesis | en |
dc.subject | left handedness | en |
dc.subject | major clinical study | en |
dc.subject | male | en |
dc.subject | priority journal | en |
dc.subject | questionnaire | en |
dc.subject | Case-Control Studies | en |
dc.subject | Child, Preschool | en |
dc.subject | Functional Laterality | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Questionnaires | en |
dc.subject | Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial | en |
dc.title | Left-handedness in asthmatic children | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |