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. 2020 Nov;92(11):2354-2355.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26046. Epub 2020 Jun 2.

Is the brain a reservoir organ for SARS-CoV2?

Ulises Gomez-Pinedo  1 , Jorge Matias-Guiu  1 , Inmaculada Sanclemente-Alaman  1 , Lidia Moreno-Jimenez  1 , Paloma Montero-Escribano  1 , Jordi A Matias-Guiu  1
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Is the brain a reservoir organ for SARS-CoV2?

Ulises Gomez-Pinedo et al. J Med Virol. 2020 Nov.
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