Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 10 , Pages 886-888 , December 2009

Right-sided neglect influences the writing of Kanji: A case study

  • Meiko Hashimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Sakae Morii

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshikazu Uesaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Katsuhiko Takeda

      Affiliations

    • Mita Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare, 1-4-3 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 3451 8121; fax: +81 3 3454 0067.

Received 29 July 2008 ,Revised 5 August 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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PII: S0303-8467(09)00204-2

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.08.001

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 10 , Pages 886-888 , December 2009

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