KROK 1 2021 – Question 132 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A child has signs of delayed physical and mental development (cretinism). This condition is caused by deficiency of the following hormone:
- A. Thyroxine
- B. Calcitonin
- C. Somatotropin
- D. Insulin
- E. Testosterone
Hint
Think of the hormone needed in early life for both skeletal growth and brain maturation, and whose synthesis depends on dietary iodine.
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