Arch Neurol Chicago
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Arch Neurol Chicago · Sep 1999
The influence of handedness on the clinical presentation and neuropsychology of Alzheimer disease.
Research on the influence of handedness on the clinical presentation and neuropsychology of Alzheimer disease (AD) is scarce. ⋯ Left-handed patients with AD do not differ from right-handed patients in the severity or pattern of neuropsychological deficits. Left-handedness or some factor associated with it may contribute to the early appearance of cognitive deficits during the development of Alzheimer disease, but may temper the subsequent rate of progression of deficits.