Q.Deficiency of growth hormone during childhood, before the epiphyseal plates of the long bones have fused, chiefly results in

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GH deficiency in childhood, before epiphyseal fusion, causes dw …

If growth hormone secretion is deficient during childhood, while the epiphyseal growth plates of the long bones are still open (unfused), overall body growth is severely reduced, producing dwarfism -- markedly stunted stature with body proportions that generally remain close to normal. Acromegaly and gigantism are both growth …

First sort by hormone (GH vs thyroid hormone), then by hypo/hyper: GH deficiency in childhood = dwarfism; GH excess in childhood = gigantism; GH excess in adu …

Confusing dwarfism (GH deficiency) with cretinism (thyroid hormone deficiency) -- both cause stunted growth in childhood, but they involve differen …