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Research Article

Soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 in pregnancy with a small-for-gestational-age fetus and with preeclampsia

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Article: 2153034 | Received 28 Jun 2022, Accepted 22 Nov 2022, Published online: 15 Dec 2022

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