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2019, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology CanadaBeyond the genome—Towards an epigenetic understanding of handedness ontogenesis
2017, Progress in NeurobiologyCitation Excerpt :Although non-significant, the authors found an increased probability of left-handedness among those exposed to ultrasound. Using a similar study design, Kieler et al. (1998) found no difference in handedness between exposed and non-exposed children, but when gender-specific subgroup analysis was applied, there was a significant association between ultrasound exposure and left-handedness for boys. A subsequent meta-analysis of the two studies supported this result (Salvesen and Eik-Nes, 1999).
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2017, Genes and DiseasesCitation Excerpt :For example, a study at the Yale School of Medicine found a small but significant correlation between prolonged and frequent use of ultrasound and abnormal neuronal migration in mice.93 Another clinical study has linked the subtle effects of neurological damage to ultrasound by showing an increased incidence of left-handedness in boys (a marker for brain problems when not hereditary) and speech delays.94–96 Although these findings were not confirmed in a later follow-up,97 a recent study with a larger sample of 8865 children established a statistically significant, though weak association between ultrasound exposure and being non-right handed later in life.98
Déclaration de principe commune SOGC/CAR sur l'utilisation non médicale de l’échographie fœtal
2016, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology CanadaCitation Excerpt :Compte tenu de l’attention médiatique que se sont récemment attirées des cliniques non médicales menant des interventions de détermination du sexe fœtal au cours du premier trimestre, la SOGC et la CAR estiment qu’il est nécessaire de procéder à la mise à jour de leurs déclarations de principe précédentes à cet égard et d’émettre une nouvelle déclaration de principe commune. Bien qu’aucun résultat d’étude n’ait explicitement associé l’échographie diagnostique, chez l’homme, à des anomalies fœtales ou à des effets biologiques nocifs, cette intervention expose néanmoins le fœtus à de l’énergie ciblée et s’accompagnedonc d’un risque théorique d’exercer des effets sur le développement fœtal, comme semblent l’indiquer des études (menées tant chez l’homme que chez l’animal) s’étant penchées sur les effets biologiques occasionnés par des ondes échographiques d’intensité diagnostique ou presque diagnostique1–3. Des études récemment menées sur des modèles animaux qui signalent la présence d’effets subtils sur la physiologie et le développement du cerveau fœtal suscitent des préoccupations particulières4–7.