Astrocytes: Everything but the glue

Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 115-117

  Gonzalez Perez, Oscar ^a   Lopez Virgen, Veronica ^a   Quiñones Hinojosa, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84962184632     PISSN: 23478659     EISSN: 23496142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2347-8659.153979     Document Type: Editorial

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