Proteins of the Tight Junction in the Blood-Brain Barrier

Blood-Spinal Cord and Brain Barriers in Health and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-10

  Bauer, Hans Christian ^a   Traweger, Andreas ^a   Bauer, Hannelore ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012639011-7/50005-X     Document Type: Chapter

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