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24-Hr. Rhythms in Blood Eosinophils and Wucheria bancrofti Microfilariæ Before and After Δ1-9α-Fluorocortisol

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WE wished to investigate whether the adrenal cortex, which controls 24-hr. periodic phenomena at several levels of mammalian organization, in blood, cytoplasm and nucleus (for review, see ref. 1), also contributes to periodic host–parasite relationships2.

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ENGEL, R., HALBERG, F., DASSANAYAKE, W. et al. 24-Hr. Rhythms in Blood Eosinophils and Wucheria bancrofti Microfilariæ Before and After Δ1-9α-Fluorocortisol. Nature 181, 1135–1136 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811135a0

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