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. 2020 Jul:87:93-94.
doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.060. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Can the enteric nervous system be an alternative entrance door in SARS-CoV2 neuroinvasion?

Giuseppe Esposito  1 , Marcella Pesce  2 , Luisa Seguella  1 , Walter Sanseverino  3 , Jie Lu  4 , Giovanni Sarnelli  5
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Can the enteric nervous system be an alternative entrance door in SARS-CoV2 neuroinvasion?

Giuseppe Esposito et al. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Jul.
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