The presence of a gonadotropin-inhibiting factor in the urine of normal young children is reported. Urinary extracts were tested by the mouse uterine weight response, assayed against purified HCG. This factor is consistently observed in the urine of children under the age of 6 years, and specifically inhibits the action of gonadotropin. It exercises no inhibitory effect on estrogen.

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