Handedness and the risk of glioma.
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SUBMITTER: Miller B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5924459 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Handedness and the risk of glioma.
Miller Briana B Peeri Noah C NC Nabors Louis Burt LB Creed Jordan H JH Thompson Zachary J ZJ Rozmeski Carrie M CM LaRocca Renato V RV Chowdhary Sajeel S Olson Jeffrey J JJ Thompson Reid C RC Egan Kathleen M KM
Journal of neuro-oncology 20180113 3
Gliomas are the most common type of malignant primary brain tumor and few risk factors have been linked to their development. Handedness has been associated with several pathologic neurological conditions such as schizophrenia, autism, and epilepsy, but few studies have evaluated a connection between handedness and risk of glioma. In this study, we examined the relationship between handedness and glioma risk in a large case-control study (1849 glioma cases and 1354 healthy controls) and a prospe ...[more]
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