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Makoto Fujikawa1, Masashi Ueda1, Kenta Maruyama1

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute 480-1195, Aichi, Japan.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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PubMed

Keywords:
brainkynurenine pathwayneuroimmunologysepsistryptophan

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