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. 1997 Dec 15;100(12):2941–2947. doi: 10.1172/JCI119846

Pathways and mechanisms for cytokine signaling of the central nervous system.

J Licinio 1, M L Wong 1
PMCID: PMC508504  PMID: 9399938

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