Abstract
Summary
Newly born rats, on the first postnatal day of life, received a single, intra-peritoneal injection of 1 mg cortisol and 60 to 70 days later their immunological response to 2 different antigens, sheep red blood cells and S. typhosa H, was assessed. The hormone treated rat produced less antibodies in response to both these antigenic challenges than did control animals.
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