title: A personal history of the origin of the somatomedin hypothesis and recent challenges to its validity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Daughaday
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000254:growth & development; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000266:history* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D013002:Somatomedins