The biological assay of chorionic gonadotrophin in relation to problems in clinical medicine

The science of female endocrinology is, as yet, a relatively young one, but probably in no other field of medicine has there accumulated in so short a time such a vast and rapidly expanding literature embracing both clinical and experimental aspects of a subject, the true foundations of which were l...

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Main Author: Loraine, John Alexander
Published: University of Edinburgh 1949
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654028
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Summary:The science of female endocrinology is, as yet, a relatively young one, but probably in no other field of medicine has there accumulated in so short a time such a vast and rapidly expanding literature embracing both clinical and experimental aspects of a subject, the true foundations of which were laid barely two decades ago and which, prior to this, had been shrouded by a haze of mystery and empiricism. Evolution has indeed been so rapid that it has been well-nigh impossible to digest and assimilate properly the rich diet of fundamental discoveries scattered in many publications and in numerous languages during these years.