Complements to the Chef: Are Microglia Eating Neurons in the Epileptic Brain?

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Jenny Koenig et al. Epilepsy Curr. 2018 Mar-Apr.

. 2018 Mar-Apr;18(2):128-130.

doi: 10.5698/1535-7597.18.2.128.

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Enhanced classical complement pathway activation and altered phagocytosis signaling molecules in human epilepsy.
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