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Othman, A., Ehnert, S., Dropmann, A. et al. Precision-cut liver slices as an alternative method for long-term hepatotoxicity studies. Arch Toxicol 94, 2889–2891 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-020-02861-9
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