EP HUMAN BIOLOGY-MODIFIED MASTERING
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Chapter 11, Problem 15TY
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Infections in the brain can affect the entire body. With the brain, the neurons, spinal cord, and the neural pathways are affected. The brain infections have adverse effects and mostly these infections are not confined to one particular region of the brain.
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