Review: Apoptotic mechanisms in bacterial infections of the central nervous system

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Parthasarathy, Geetha ^a   Philipp, Mario T ^a  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bacterial infections; CNS; Inflammation; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874210171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00306     Document Type: Review

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