COMPENSATORY HYPERTROPHY OF THE SPLEEN

Following the removal of half of the spleen in young adult rats there is a compensatory enlargement of the remaining portion of about 50 per cent while in mature rabbits no such compensatory hypertrophy follows a similar procedure. It is uncertain whether this difference is due to a difference in t...

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Main Authors: MacKay, Eaton M., Polland, W. Scott
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1931
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2131971/