Maintenance and Restoration of Growth in Thyroidectomized Rats

March 1942 in “ Journal of Endocrinology ”

I. W. Rowlands

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Studysummary This study found that growth in rats hindered by thyroid removal at birth can be normalized through the administration of thyroid preparations like thyroxine and artificial thyroprotein.

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