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Ferguson and Wallace1 demonstrated that human pituitary growth hormone supplied by Raben showed the same effect as prolactin on the crop gland of the pigeon. Since I have recently developed a quantitative assay for the luteotrophic activity of prolactin which depends on the prolongation of diœstrus in the mouse it seemed to be worth while investigating human pituitary growth hormone by this technique. The method has already been used to compare different preparations of prolactin2.
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Ferguson, K. A., and Wallace, A. L. C., Nature, 190, 632 (1961).
Kovačić, N., J. Endocrinol. (in the press).
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KOVAČIĆ, N. Effect of Human Pituitary Growth Hormone on the Length of Diœstrus in the Mouse. Nature 193, 984–985 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193984a0
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