Abstract
Summary
Thiouracil injections into baby rats resulted in retardation of tooth eruption and opening of the eyelids. Desoxycorticosterone, when injected into thiouracil treated rats, was able to antagonize these developmental effects so that the time of tooth eruption and eyelid opening returned to normal. It had no antagonizing effect, however, on the stunting of body growth or on the histological picture of the thyroid gland produced by thiouracil.
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