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Effect of Total Thyroidectomy in the Rabbit Fœtus on Fœtal Cholesterol Metabolism

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IN earlier communications1,2 it was shown that the fœtal thyroid gland influenced the cholesterol metabolism of the rabbit fœtus. Total thyroidectomy in the 22–23 day fœtus was found to result in a highly significant increase in blood cholesterol and the results are shown in Table 1.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, W.1

    J. G. BEARN

  2. Medical Unit, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, S.W.1

    T. R. E. PILKINGTON

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BEARN, J., PILKINGTON, T. Effect of Total Thyroidectomy in the Rabbit Fœtus on Fœtal Cholesterol Metabolism. Nature 197, 1302–1303 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971302b0

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