Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Pituitary Dwarfism
- Rare recessive disorder
- Gene that encodes somatotropin
(growth hormone) causes Pituitary
Dwarfism
- Growth Hormone (Somatotropin)
- A protein of about 190 amino acids
- Secreted by the pituitary gland
- Stimulates the growth of bone and muscle
- Treatment for growth hormone deficiency
- Injections of growth hormone
- Some forms of dwarfism
are due to GH receptor (a
protein) changes