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Present Trends and Outlook for the Future — Part I

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A History of Endocrinology

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During the last fifteen years great progress has been made in many areas of the vast field of endocrinology. This has been due to three major developments. Firstly, to the isolation of a great number of hormones, the existence of which had been suspected and postulated, but not proved. Secondly, to the development of methods which enabled the demonstration of most hormones even in minute amounts. Lastly, to the development of special tests, which have made it possible to measure the amounts of circulating hormones, first by bioassays and lately by the advent of the radio-immunoassay methods, which are replacing many of the indirect tests of endocrine function and give a remarkably accurate measurement of hormones, and some important non-hormonal compounds.

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Medvei, V.C. (1982). Present Trends and Outlook for the Future — Part I. In: A History of Endocrinology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7304-6_22

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