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Pros and Cons: Autophagy in Acute Spinal Cord Injury

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Li, Z., Chen, T., Cao, Y. et al. Pros and Cons: Autophagy in Acute Spinal Cord Injury. Neurosci. Bull. 35, 941–945 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-019-00368-7

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