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Original Article

Maternal serum thiol/disulfide homeostasis in pregnancies complicated by neural tube defects: report of a preliminary study

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Pages 1803-1808 | Received 02 May 2016, Accepted 17 Aug 2016, Published online: 05 Sep 2016

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