Abstract
Summary
In both normal and hypophysectomized rats femoral marrow regenerating after mechanical disruption was found to contain a proportion of mast cells 8 times as high as marrow in the unoperated contralateral femur. In hypophysectomized rats this increase resulted in peak mast cell densities of 4.8%, and persisted for over 7 months.
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