The glucose transporter of the human brain and blood-brain barrier
β Scribed by Dr. Rajesh N. Kalaria; Stephen A. Gravina; James W. Schmidley; George Perry; Sami I. Harik
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 998 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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