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Authors

D A. Doherty
Beth Hands, University of Notre Dame AustraliaFollow
G E. KendallFollow
L L. Landau
F J. Stanley
J P. Newnham

Title

Left-handedness in Boys at 10 Years of Age May Result From Maternal Preeclampsia But Not From Prenatal Ultrasound Scans

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

Aims: Despite widespread acceptance of prenatal ultrasound scans there remain lingering uncertainties that scans may increase non-right handedness. Our aim was to investigate an association between ultrasound exposure in utero and left handedness.

Study design: Study of children at 10 years of age whose mothers had participated in a randomised controlled trial evaluating effects of multiple antenatal ultrasounds on pregnancy outcomes. Women were randomised to a protocol of 5 ultrasound scans or a single scan with further scans for clinical indications (The Raine Study, 1989 1992).

Doherty, D. A., Hands, B., Kendall, G. E., Landau, L. L., Stanley, F. J., & Newnham, J. P. (2007). Left-handedness in boys at 10 years of age may result from maternal preeclampsia but not from prenatal ultrasound scans. Early Human Development, 83, S47-S82. doi:10.1016/S0378-3782(07)70055-5

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Doherty, D. A., Hands, B., Kendall, G. E., Landau, L. L., Stanley, F. J., & Newnham, J. P. (2007). Left-handedness in boys at 10 years of age may result from maternal preeclampsia but not from prenatal ultrasound scans. Paper presented at the 5th International Congress on Developmental Origins of Health & Disease. Perth, WA, 6-10 November.