Too Little Activity of a Particular Hormone Can Arise from

question 38

Multiple Choice

Too little activity of a particular hormone can arise from

• A) an abnormality within the endocrine gland that produces this hormone
• B) a deficiency of this hormone's tropic hormone
• C) an inborn lack of target-cell receptors for this hormone
• D) deficient target-cell receptors
• E) all of these

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