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Accromegaly results after adolescence du...

Accromegaly results after adolescence due to excess production of one of the following hormones

A

Prolactin

B

Thyroxin

C

Insulin

D

STH

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D
Hypersecretion of GH or somatotrophin during adulthood is called acromeagly. It results in lenghtinining of long bones, the bones of the hands, feet, cheeks and jaws thicken and other tissue enlarges.
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