The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 65, 205-217,
Copyright, 1937, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
THE EFFECTS OF GONADOTROPIC HORMONES IN THE TREATMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL TUBERCULOSIS
M. Maxim Steinbach M.D.1 and
Sidney J. Klein Ph.D.1
1 From the Department of Bacteriology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York
Experimental tuberculosis in rabbits and guinea pigs was favorably influenced by the administration of antuitrin-S, pregnant mare serum, and, to a lesser extent, follutein. No retardation of disease was obtained by the use of either anterior pituitary extract or emmenin.
The results suggest that the gonadotropic hormone may be a factor in the temporary amelioration of symptoms observed in tuberculous women during pregnancy.
Submitted on October 29, 1936