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Science 22 August 1975:
Vol. 189. no. 4203, pp. 648 - 650
DOI: 10.1126/science.1162350
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Science, Vol 189, Issue 4203, 648-650
Copyright © 1975 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Prolongation of gestation by growth hormone: a confounding factor in the assessment of its prenatal action

PG Croskerry and GK Smith

The administration of urified growth hormone to normally nourished pregnant rats prolonged gestation leading to postmaturity of the offspring. The effect explains, in part, the apparent influence of growth hormone on prenatal and early postnatal development and supports the notion that the prenatal action of exogeneous growth hormone is restricted to a therapeutic one under conditions of malnutrition.


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G. M. BROWN (1978)
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 132, 555-556
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Growth Hormone Deficiency, Brain Development, and Intelligence.
H. F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg, J. A. Feinman, M. H. MacGillivray, and T. Aceto Jr (1978)
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 132, 565-572
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