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72HYPOPITUITARISM-DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA AND TREATMENT (Growth Hormone deficiency and Pituitary dwarfism)
The hypothalamus modulates the activity of the pituitary gland (hypophysis) via 2 distinct routes, one to the posterior and other to the anterior pituitary. The hypothalamus is connected with the posterior...
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79Examples of Insular Dwarfism
Insular Dwarfism is a biological process in which large animals, over time, evolve to be smaller to better suit their environment. This most often happens on islands where food may be in shorter supply (giving...
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76World's Smallest Animals
There is something neat about small animals. Even Hollywood's elite enjoy carrying around the diminutive Chihuahuas as a symbol of their status. Whether it's because they look like a baby version of their larger ancestor or because they are so odd,...
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64dwarfism
welcome to my hub, todays topic is dwarfism, no very little about this only from what ive seen on tv, i was informed today that if you are under 4 ft 11 your a dwarf is this true, will that mean in years to...
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70The Beauty of Physical Diversity
The daycare where I work is in a very small, rural community with very little diversity. Our center's racial diversity currently consists of one Asian women who is a teacher. We are not discriminatory; we just live in a predominately white area of...
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75The Shortest Person in the World
Not so long ago, He Pingping of China, at 73 cm, the size of a six month old baby, was officially the shortest person in the world, however Pingping died in March 2010 at age twenty-one, from complications due to the condition that caused his exceptionlly short stature.
