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Pituitary Growth Hormone Essential for Regulation of Serum Cholesterol

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PITUITARY growth hormone was found to be essential in the normal regulation of the rat's serum cholesterol during a study of the cause(s) of the hypercholesterolaemia usually observed in the hypophysectomized rat.

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  1. Harold Brunn Institute, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, 1600 Civisadero Street, San Francisco

    MEYER FRIEDMAN & SANFORD O. BYERS

  2. University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

    STEPHEN R. ELEK

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FRIEDMAN, M., BYERS, S. & ELEK, S. Pituitary Growth Hormone Essential for Regulation of Serum Cholesterol. Nature 225, 464–467 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225464a0

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