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Quantitative Inhibition of Æstrone by Progesterone in the Baboon, with Reference to this Phenomenon in other Animals
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Quantitative Inhibition of Æstrone by Progesterone in the Baboon, with Reference to this Phenomenon in other Animals

  • JOSEPH GILLMAN1 &
  • H. B. STEIN1 

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THE object of this preliminary note is to direct attention to the remarkable variation existing in different species of mammals in their sensitivity to the action of the ovarian hormones.

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GILLMAN, J., STEIN, H. Quantitative Inhibition of Æstrone by Progesterone in the Baboon, with Reference to this Phenomenon in other Animals. Nature 143, 559 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143559a0

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