Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 72-78 , 15 January 2010

Neuroimaging study on brain asymmetries in situs inversus totalis

  • Aya Ihara

      Affiliations

    • Biological ICT Group, Kobe Advanced ICT Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 78 969 2183; fax: +81 78 969 2279.
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  • Masayuki Hirata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
    • Division of Functional Diagnostic Science, Course of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-7 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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  • Norio Fujimaki

      Affiliations

    • Biological ICT Group, Kobe Advanced ICT Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
    • Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan
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  • Tetsu Goto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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  • Yuka Umekawa

      Affiliations

    • Division of Functional Diagnostic Science, Course of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-7 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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  • Norihiko Fujita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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  • Yasushi Terazono

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan
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  • Ayumu Matani

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan
    • Biological ICT Group, Kobe Advanced ICT Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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  • Qiang Wei

      Affiliations

    • Biological ICT Group, Kobe Advanced ICT Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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  • Toshiki Yoshimine

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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  • Shiro Yorifuji

      Affiliations

    • Division of Functional Diagnostic Science, Course of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-7 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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  • Tsutomu Murata

      Affiliations

    • Biological ICT Group, Kobe Advanced ICT Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Iwaoka-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2492, Japan

Received 13 August 2009 ,Accepted 7 October 2009.

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PII: S0022-510X(09)00898-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.10.002

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 72-78 , 15 January 2010

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