Copeptin in obese and nonobese pregnant women
Federica Tonon1, Barbara Toffoli1, Tamara Stampalija1,2
1Department of Medical Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Endocrine
|July 17, 2024
Abstract
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