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Jacobson and Williams1,2 have reported that splenectomized rabbits show a reticulocytosis after intramuscular injections of liver extract, and have suggested that this observation could form the basis for a method of bio-assay of liver extracts.
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BAVIN, E., MIDDLETON, T. Reticulocytosis following the Administration of Thymine to Splenectomized Rabbits. Nature 158, 627 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158627a0
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