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Bilateral ovarian hypertrophy in pituitary-grafted rats

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Large masses that looked like tumours were found in place of the ovaries in rats with isotransplants of pituitaries, 11 months after this procedure. They were interpreted as being due to massive bilateral cystic hyperplasia and hypertrophy of both ovaries.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    N. H. Arias, A. B. Houssay & S. Pieretti

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  1. N. H. Arias
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Acknowledgments. This work was supported by research grants from the Fundación Cherny and from The Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científícas y Técnicas.

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Arias, N.H., Houssay, A.B. & Pieretti, S. Bilateral ovarian hypertrophy in pituitary-grafted rats. Experientia 36, 1133–1134 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01966014

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