Thymus and bones

Milhaud, G.; Labat, M.L.; Moricard, Y.; Gomariz-Zilber, E.; Litwin, I.

Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie et de ses Filiales 174(4): 533-547

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9026
PMID: 6159951
Document Number: 157109
Rat congenital osteopetrosis and cyclophosphamide (an immunosuppressive drug) induced osteocondensation are useful experimental models for the understanding of the relationships which seem to exist between thymus and bone. The high levels of seric alphafetoprotein found in the osteopetrotic tl rat raise the question of the persistance of embryonic characters in congenital osteopetrosis.

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