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Compare a pituitary dwarf and a thyroid dwarf in respect of similarities and dismilarities they posses.

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1. Pituitary dwarf : Hypo secretion of growth harmone (STH) during childhood retards growth, resulting in a pituitary dwarf/ midget. The pituitary dwarf is sexually and intellectually a normal individual.
2. Thyroid dwarf : During pregnancy, due to hypothyroidism, defective development of the growing baby leads to a disorder called cretinism. Physical and mental growth, get severely stunted and is called-thyroid dwarf. This is due to untreated congenital hypothyroidism. Stunted growth, mental retardation, low intelligent quotient, abnormal skin, deafness and mutism are some of the characters of this disease.
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