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Various crystalline androgens have been shown to maintain spermatogenesis in the hypophysectomized rat if treatment is begun soon after ablation of the hypophysis. They are not effective in re-initiating spermatogenesis. The capacity of these substances to maintain the testis appears to be unrelated to their male hormone activity.
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