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Original Articles

Ursodeoxycholic acid protects neonatal rats from necrotizing enterocolitis: a biochemical, histopathological, and immunohistochemical study

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Pages 3761-3767 | Received 14 Feb 2020, Accepted 30 Aug 2020, Published online: 20 Sep 2020

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