Yonago Acta Medica http://lib.med.tottori-u.ac.jp/yam.html Yonago Acta Medica is published quarterly by Tottori University Faculty of Medicine in Japan; this online version started in July 1996. It publishes the results of research in the fields of medicine and life sciences. ISSN 1346-8049 Editor-in-Chief: Shigeo HINO