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Hyperprolactinemia
Background: Prolactin is a peptide hormone that is produced and released from the anterior pituitary. The pituitary is an autonomous prolactin factory. The pituitary will produce increased amounts of...
View ArticleAcromegaly & Gigantism
Acromegaly refers to the clinical syndrome caused by excessive growth hormone (GH) in adulthood, after the closure of epiphyses (bone growh plates). GH produces many of its effects through the...
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