RT Journal
A1 Friskey RW
T1 Ciba foundation colloquia on endocrinology: Volume xii. hormone production in endocrine tumours.
JF A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine
JO A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1959
FD February 1
VO 103
IS 2
SP 337
OP 337
DO 10.1001/archinte.1959.00270020165020
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1959.00270020165020
AB This twelveth edition of the Ciba Foundation Colloquia in Endocrinology is fairly typical in format of preceding volumes in this same series. A group of papers illuminating a basic aspect of development and study in endocrinology is presented, each by a man representing a specific discipline or study group related to the subject under discussion. Each of the papers, in turn, then is discussed by other members of the conference, all well known in the endocrine and biochemical fields.There is extensive basic consideration of the anatomical, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of tumors of each of the endocrine glands, including the pituitary, both in the naturally occurring tumors in humans and in the experimentally induced tumors of these various types in animals. In the discussions on the experimental tumorigenesis in animals, it was pointed out by Dr. Gregory Pincus that there appear to be "remarkable repercussions of the effect of