AbstractsMedical & Health Science
Effects of various substances on protein catabolism.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Experimental Medicine. |
| Degree: | MS. |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Keywords: | Experimental Medicine. |
| Record ID: | 1580962 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile119022.pdf |
Abstract
The anatomic features of the adrenal cortex of the fetus and the newborn infant have long been known to differ strikingly from those of the adult. Morphological studies have demonstrated that the fetal adrenal cortex grows very rapidly during the last trimester of intra-uterine life, a period during which fetal growth proceeds at a maximum rate. [...]
