The Blood-Brain Barrier Is a Physiologic Mechanism That Prevents Passage

question 30

True/False

The blood-brain barrier is a physiologic mechanism that prevents passage of certain large molecules, including some antibiotics, from passing from blood to the brain parenchyma.​

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