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blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier

blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier definition - medical

blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier

noun
A barrier located at the tight junctions that surround and connect the cuboidal epithelial cells on the surface of the choroid plexus.

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