Origin of microglia: current concepts and past controversies.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

• Publication date

  2015-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1101/cshperspect.a020537PMID 26134003PMCID PMC4526747
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