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Editorial
. 2020 Dec;40(1_suppl):S3-S5.
doi: 10.1177/0271678X20968993.

Microglia, the brain's double agent

Midori A Yenari  1   2
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Editorial

Microglia, the brain's double agent

Midori A Yenari. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2020 Dec.
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Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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