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THE spleen has been suggested by many investigators as a site of production of hormones or hormone-like substances ; interrelationships have been postulated with the pituitary, adrenal, gonad and thyroid glands. The present communication on the relationship of histamine tolerance to splenectomy provides additional evidence for a splenic humoral contribution.
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SACKLER, A., WELTMAN, A. & JURTSHUK, P. Effect of Splenectomy on the Resistance of Rats to Histamine Stress. Nature 190, 274 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190274a0
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