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Autoradiographic Evidence for the Occurrence of Organic Iodine in the Anterior Lobe of the Pituitary Gland

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USING sodium iodide labelled with iodine-131 (supplied by the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell), we have studied by the autoradiographic technique the distribution of iodine tracer doses in the pituitary gland of the guinea pig.

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ASCENZI, A., BOATO, G. & PASSALACQUA, F. Autoradiographic Evidence for the Occurrence of Organic Iodine in the Anterior Lobe of the Pituitary Gland. Nature 166, 1069–1070 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/1661069a0

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