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Predicting future handedness and hemispheric dominance during infancy by analyzing sleep spindles

Ali H. Alwadei, Turki F. AlOsaimi, Manar A. Bayounis, Ghadd A AlHajaj and Fahad A. Bashiri
Neurosciences Journal July 2020, 25 (3) 188-192; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2020.3.20190129
Ali H. Alwadei
From the Pediatric Neurology Department (Alwadei, AlOsaimi), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Department of Pediatrics (Bayounis), Al-Yamama Hospital, Division of Pediatric Neurology (Bashiri), Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University and from the Department of Pediatrics (AlHajaj), Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Unaizah, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Turki F. AlOsaimi
From the Pediatric Neurology Department (Alwadei, AlOsaimi), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Department of Pediatrics (Bayounis), Al-Yamama Hospital, Division of Pediatric Neurology (Bashiri), Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University and from the Department of Pediatrics (AlHajaj), Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Unaizah, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Manar A. Bayounis
From the Pediatric Neurology Department (Alwadei, AlOsaimi), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Department of Pediatrics (Bayounis), Al-Yamama Hospital, Division of Pediatric Neurology (Bashiri), Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University and from the Department of Pediatrics (AlHajaj), Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Unaizah, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ghadd A AlHajaj
From the Pediatric Neurology Department (Alwadei, AlOsaimi), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Department of Pediatrics (Bayounis), Al-Yamama Hospital, Division of Pediatric Neurology (Bashiri), Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University and from the Department of Pediatrics (AlHajaj), Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Unaizah, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahad A. Bashiri
From the Pediatric Neurology Department (Alwadei, AlOsaimi), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Department of Pediatrics (Bayounis), Al-Yamama Hospital, Division of Pediatric Neurology (Bashiri), Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University and from the Department of Pediatrics (AlHajaj), Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Unaizah, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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