Evidence for No Infulence of Fetal and Maternal Adrenalectomy on the Development of the Fetal Thymus in the Rat

Abstract

Fetal and maternal adrenalectomy on day 18 of gestation in the rat did not cause any enlargement of the fetal thymus 3 days later, suggesting that the development of the fetal thymus was not suppressed by fetal and maternal adrenal corticoids.