Journal of Voice
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 8-14 , January 2011

Histological Asymmetry of the Human Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

  • Geraldo Pereira Jotz

      Affiliations

    • Programa de Pós Graduação em Neurociências, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    • Departamento de Ciências Morfológicas, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    • Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    • ,
  • Deivis de Campos

      Affiliations

    • Programa de Pós Graduação em Neurociências, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    • Departamento de Ciências Morfológicas, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    • ,
  • Mariana Freitas Rodrigues

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Tecidual, Departamento de Ciências Morfofisiológicas, Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    • ,
  • Léder Leal Xavier

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Tecidual, Departamento de Ciências Morfofisiológicas, Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Léder Leal Xavier, Laboratório de Biologia Tecidual, Departamento de Ciências Morfofisiológicas, Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Ipiranga, 6681, Porto Alegre, RS, 90619-900 Brazil.

,Accepted 23 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.06.007

Journal of Voice
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 8-14 , January 2011

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