Abstract
It has been shown that the anterior hypophyseal growth hormone markedly aids the placentoma reaction of the endometrium of adult virginal rats, tumors of this sort being provoked about silk threads when simultaneous dosage with the growth hormone is carried out.∗ The anterior hypophyseal hormone which promotes precocious development of the immature ovary, has a similar effect if it is not administered so as to stimulate greatly the follicular apparatus and lead to the formation of much folliculin. It is for this reason, we believe, that the administration of forms of the hormone (extracts of the urine of pregnant women and of human placenta) are more efficacious in stimulating placentomata than is the implant method.
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