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Molecular Toxicology

Cadmium-induced preeclampsia-like phenotype in the rat is related to decreased progesterone synthesis in the placenta

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Pages 625-632 | Received 03 Jul 2022, Accepted 09 Sep 2022, Published online: 21 Sep 2022

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