Role of neural barriers in the pathogenesis and outcome of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis (Review)
- Authors:
- Ofer Prager
- Alon Friedman
- Yaffa Mizrachi Nebenzahl
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Affiliations: Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben‑Gurion University of The Negev, Beer‑Sheva 84101, Israel, The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben‑Gurion University of The Negev, Beer‑Sheva 84101, Israel - Published online on: January 24, 2017 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4082
- Pages: 799-809
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Copyright: © Prager et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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