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The Teratogenic Effects of Flurazepam Intake during Organogenesis of the Rat Fetus

Nasrin Takzare Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Mir-jamal Hosseini Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Azam Bakhtiarian Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Alireza Takzare Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Parisa Habibi Department of Animal Biology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Pages 711-716 | Received 14 Jul 2007, Accepted 22 Nov 2008, Published online: 02 Dec 2008

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