Endocrine Diseases Are Often Due to Loss of Hormone (I

question 2

Multiple Choice

Endocrine diseases are often due to loss of hormone (i.e.,a hormone deficiency) .Which of the following would cause an endocrine disease that mimicked a protein hormone deficiency without a deficiency in the levels of a circulating protein hormone?

• A)Inactive prohormone convertase
• B)Defective exocytotic machinery
• C)Loss of blood transport proteins
• D)Defective receptor
• E)Null mutation in corresponding hormone gene

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