Endotoxemia may be a factor in nerve degeneration only during adult life, but it is sometimes present during pregnancy
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Endotoxemia may be a factor in nerve degeneration only during adult life, but it is sometimes present during pregnancy 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are also involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2Mentions
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