The correlation between lateralization of intracerebral hemorrhage in basal ganglia and handedness
Acta cir. bras
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28(3): 228-232, Mar. 2013. tab
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in English
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
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).CONCLUSION:
There 's a correlation between lateralization of cerebral basal ganglia hemorrhage and handedness.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage
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Functional Laterality
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta cir. bras
Journal subject:
General Surgery
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Procedimentos Cir£rgicos Operat¢rios
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China
Institution/Affiliation country:
Liaoning Medical College/CN
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