THE MECHANISM OF THYMIC INVOLUTION STUDIED BY ESTRADIOL TREATMENT OF ADRENALECTOMIZED RATS
- 1 January 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Cells Tissues Organs
- Vol. 20 (2), 155-162
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000140896
Abstract
Thymic involution can be provoked in adrenalectomized rats by estradiol, though a max. effect has been proved statistically not to occur even with increased doses. With statistical probability, the presence of accessory adrenals intensified the thymic reactions.Keywords
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- THE RESPONSE OF THE THYMUS TO TREATMENT WITH GONADOTROPHINS IN ADRENALECTOMIZED RATSActa Endocrinologica, 1951