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Vesna Jaćević1, Qinghua Wu2, Eugenie Nepovimova3

  • 1National Poison Control Centre, Military Medical Academy, 17 Crnotravska St, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia; Medical Faculty of the Military Medical Academy, University of Defence, 1 Pavla Jurišića-Šturma St, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanského 62, 500 03, Hradec Králové, Czechia.

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
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CardiotoxicityMethylprednisolonePathohistologyRatsT-2 toxin

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