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Pituitary and serum levels of prolactin (PRL), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and serum thyroxine (T4) in hereditary dwarf rats (rdw/rdw).
Jikken dobutsu. Experimental animals - 1 Apr 1993
Umezu M, Fujimura T, Sugawara S, Kagabu S
Abstract excerpt
Female and male hereditary dwarf mutation rats (rdw), offspring of those found by Koto et al. in a breeding colony of Wistar-Imamichi rats, were decapitated to collect blood and pituitary glands at 10 weeks of age. Levels of pituitary prolactin (PRL), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and serum PRL, TSH and thyroxine (T4) in rdw rats were measured and compared with levels in normal rats (N). The hormone levels...
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