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Research Articles

Quercetin alleviates styrene oxide-induced cytotoxicity in cortical neurons in vitro via modulation of oxidative stress and apoptosis

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Pages 1634-1643 | Received 29 Jul 2020, Accepted 07 Nov 2020, Published online: 09 Dec 2020

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