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Rodent Estrous Cycle Monitoring Utilizing Vaginal Lavage: No Such Thing As a Normal Cycle
Published on: August 30, 2021
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[Endocrine gynecology: an attractive discipline]
Jean-Louis Wémeau1, Philippe Bouchard
1CHRU de Lille, clinique endocrinologique Marc-Linquette, hôpital Claude-Huriez, 4(e) et 5(e) Ouest, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
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