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Motor Lateralization in Manic Males

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Henry A. Nasrallah  and
Mona McCalley-Whitters
Henry A. Nasrallah
Affiliation:
University of Iowa College of Medicine and Chief, Psychiatry Service, V.A. Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Mona McCalley-Whitters
Affiliation:
V.A. Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
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Summary

A handedness test, administered to 88 manic male patients and 86 male control subjects, showed no difference between the two groups. The results suggest that unlike schizophrenia, mania is not associated with increased left and/or mixed-handedness.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 140 , Issue 5 , May 1982 , pp. 521 - 522
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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