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THE EMBRYOLOGY OF THE HUMAN THYROID GLAND INCLUDING ULTIMOBRANCHIAL 



BODY AND OTHERS RELATED. 1971. By S. SUGIYAMA 



Springer, Berlin. Ergebnisse der Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte, Bd. 44, H. 2. Ill pp., 



35 figs., 5 tabs., subject index. ISBN 3 540 05425 1, 387 05425 1 



Histological and morphometric study based on embryos and fetuses from 5 weeks till term; 

 contains data on thymus and parathyroid gland; lengthy bibliography. 



Dissertations 



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HISTOKEMISKE UNDERS0GELSER over udviklingen af led- og knoglesystemet hos humane 

 fostre i forste halvdel af den prenatale periode (Histochemical investigations on the develop- 

 ment of the joint and bone systems of the human fetus during the first half of the prenatal 

 period). 1970. By H. ANDERSEN 

 M.D. Thesis, Kobenhavn. 115 pp., 2 diagrs., 22 figs., subject index. English summary (4 pp.) 



Embryos and fetuses of 8-179 mm CRL; synovial joints; general osteogenesis; central areas 

 of face and palatine processes; clavicle; lengthy bibliography. 



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THE FETAL ENDOCRINE PANCREAS, a quantitative morphological approach. 1970. By F. A. 



VAN ASSCHE 



"Agregation" thesis, Louvain. 99 pp., 23 figs., 30 tabs. 



Quantitative and qualitative morphological and biochemical studies of the endocrine pancreas 

 of human newborns of the following classes: from normal mother, from diabetic mother, 

 erythroblastotic, a-thalassemic, anencephalic with or without functional hypothalamo-hypophy- 

 seal system. 



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DEVELOPMENT OF THE RENAL CORPUSCLE AND THE JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS, 



a light and electron microscopic study. 1971. By J. KAZIMIERCZAK 



Ph.D. thesis, Copenhagen. Acta Pathologica et Microbiologica Scandinavica, Sect. A, Suppl. 



218, 65 pp., 82 figs., 1 tab., subject index 



Study on kidneys of newborn pigs, supplemented by newborn rats and two human fetuses; 

 reconstructions of five stages of glomerulogenesis; numerous light and electron micrographs. 



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RECHERCHES SUR LES STYLETS MANDIBULAIRES ET MAXILLAIRES DE RHODNIUS PROLI- 



XUS. 1970. By J.-M. PINET 



Ph.D. thesis, Paris. Ann. Inst. Nat. Agr., Paris, Tome 6 (N.S.), 253 pp., 70 figs., 10 pis. 



Part one (110 pp.) contains a morphological and ultrastructural study of the development 

 of the stylets during the moulting cycle, and an experimental-morphological analysis of the 

 potencies of the styligenic organ and of the development of coaptations (fitting regions) 

 between pairs of stylets. 



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CONTRIBUTION A L'ETUDE EXPERIMENTALE DE LA DIFFERENCIATION SEXUELLE CHEZ 

 UN HERMAPHRODITE SIMULTANE (Eisenia foetida Sav.). 1970. By J.-C. RELEXANS 

 Ph.D. thesis, Bordeaux. 81 pp. (mimeographed), photographs, tables, diagrams. 



Normal gonad development; effects of temperature shocks, nutritional status, and gonad 

 transplantation on sex determination and differentiation. 



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