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Original Article

Antenatal taurine supplementation in fetal rats with growth restriction improves neural stem cell proliferation by inhibiting the activities of Rho family factors

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Pages 1454-1461 | Received 02 Feb 2017, Accepted 11 Apr 2017, Published online: 05 May 2017

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