Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1961 · 20 citations · 1 references
MedicineEndocrinologyPathobiologyMedical EntomologyNeuroendocrinologyReproductive EndocrinologyEndocrine DiseaseEndocrine DisordersEndocrine PathologyMale Reproductive EndocrinologyTesticular FunctionTesticular PhysiologyAdenohypophysis AnatomyDwarfism SyndromesEndocrine Developmental AnomaliesEndocrine Gland MicroanatomyHypophyseal DisordersParasitic Disease PathologyPituitary Portal System AnatomyTesticular Endocrine Anatomy
1) Examination of the endocrine organs of an Onchocerca-infested male Nakalanga dwarf has produced additional tentative evidence of the existence of a syndrome which involves probably the adenohypophysis, possibly the thyroid, and undoubtedly both gametogenetic and endocrine elements of the testis. 2) The possibility is suggested that microfilarial products may jeopardize humoral transmission through the hypophysial portal system.
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