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[Morphology and physiology of the blood-brain barrier]

J C Copin1, Y Gasche

  • 1Divisions des soins intensifs de chirurgie et de médecine, division d'investigations anesthésiologiques, hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, 1211 Genève, Suisse. Jean-Christophe.Copin@medecine.unige.ch

Annales Francaises D'Anesthesie Et De Reanimation
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blood-brain barrierneurovascular biologybrain homeostasisdrug deliveryendothelial cells

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