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Immunoactive TSH in the amniotic fluid of the rat

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Amniotic fluid was obtained from 19-day-old rat fetuses by aspiration. Pooled samples measured at 4 different dilutions demonstrated parallelism with standard rat TSH. It is concluded that rat amniotic fluid has TSH immunoactivity.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    F. Tang & P. Y. D. Wong

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This work was supported by Hong Kong University Research Grant No. 335/034/5727.

The authors wish to acknowledge with thanks the gift of rat TSH RIA kit from Dr A. F. Parlow and the Rat Pituitary Programme of NIAMDD.

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Tang, F., Wong, P.Y.D. Immunoactive TSH in the amniotic fluid of the rat. Experientia 40, 575–576 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01982338

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