Abstract
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Degree of compensatory hypertrophy of various glands in the cretin rat was compared with that in euthyroid controls. Per cent renal compensatory hypertrophy in the cretin of either sex was equal to that of the normal animal. Compensatory responses of certain endocrine viscera, however, are dramatically affected. Such responses appear to be greatly lessened in adrenals, virtually abolished in thyroids, and markedly increased in testes and ovaries of cretin rats. Correlations of various glandular responses with pituitary cytology are considered.
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