Animal Model of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus with Pathophysiological Resemblance to the Human Condition Induced by Multiple Factors (Nutritional, Pharmacological, and Stress) in Rats

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Photomicrograph of the vaginal smears of rat showing estrous cycle stages. (a) Proestrous stage (round nucleated epithelial cells); (b) estrous stage (cornified or irregular shape of epithelial cells); (c) metaestrous stage (low number of round cells); and (d) diestrous stage with mostly small and round cells.

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