Abstract
Summary
The administration of estrogen to female rats during the first week of postnatal life produces a defect in the external genital organs characterized by cleavage of the preputial fold, hypertrophy of the glans clitoridis, and a feeble differentiation of erectile tissues. Since these changes resemble, except for extent, those produced by postnatal androgen, it is concluded that estrogen exerts a mild andromimetic effect upon the clitoris of the rat.
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