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Pituitary transcription factors in the aetiology of combined pituitary hormone deficiency.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Feb 2011
Pfäffle R, Klammt J
Abstract excerpt
The somatotropic axis is the central postnatal regulator of longitudinal growth. One of its major components--growth hormone--is produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary, which also expresses and secretes five additional hormones (prolactin, thyroid stimulating hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone). Proper development of the pituitary assures the regulation...
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