KROK 1 2008 – Question 43 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
Parents of a 10 year old boy consulted a doctor about extension of hair-covering, growth of beard and moustache, low voice. Intensified secretion of which hormone must be assumed?
- A. Of somatotropin
- B. Of testosterone
- C. Of cortisol
- D. Of progesterone
- E. Of oestrogen
Hint
Early beard, moustache and a deep voice at age 10 are precocious male secondary sexual features; pick the hormone responsible for these specific features rather than for general growth or metabolism.
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