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Action of œstrogens on the Female Genital Tract

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IN an attempt to elucidate the mode of action of œstrogens on the female genital tract, we have conducted tests with cover-slip cultures of rat vagina and uterus.

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  1. National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead, London, N.W.3

    C. W. EMMENS

  2. Laboratories of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Mill Hill

    R. J. LUDFORD

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EMMENS, C., LUDFORD, R. Action of œstrogens on the Female Genital Tract. Nature 145, 746–747 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145746a0

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