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Young adult mice injected with anti-hypophysis serum develop wasting disease such as after neonatal thymectomy and atrophy of the thymus. This and the finding of changes in the hypophysis after neonatal thymectomy suggest a relationship between the function of the hypophysis and that of the thymus.
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PIERPAOLI, W., SORKIN, E. Relationship between Thymus and Hypophysis. Nature 215, 834–837 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215834a0
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