Factors modifying the manifestation of thyroid deficiency in thyroidectomized rats and the influence of other hormones on the action of thyroxine.
Institution: | McGill University |
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Department: | Department of Anatomy. |
Degree: | MS. |
Year: | 1951 |
Keywords: | Anatomy. |
Record ID: | 1562777 |
Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118979.pdf |
Removal of the thyroid is not always followed by the impressive group of symptoms described in text-books of Endocrinology. In fact, thyroidectomized rats fed on the commercial diet, Purina Fox Chow, do not show the stunted growth and cretinoid syndrome associated with thyroidectomized animals. [...]