“Acromegaly?” “Yes, it’s a very rare disease, glandular in origin, activated by a defective pituitary.” “Doctor can’t you tell me in plain English what’s wrong with me and how serious it is?” “I’m trying to tell you. You have a glandular disorder, a disorder of the pituitary gland; a disease so rare that medical science ...
Proteus Syndrome is a rare congenital disorder. The disorder is quite complex and is characterized by a variety of abnormalities. There is usually multisystem involvement and great clinical variability in the signs and symptoms. Proteus syndrome is a type of hamartomatous disorder and is associated with irregular overgrowth of many different body tissues. People with ...
One of the most common hormone produced by the pituitary is the growth hormone. The pituitary is a small, pea-sized gland located in a bony area behind the bridge of the nose called the sphenoid bone. The growth hormone produced by the pituitary gland is responsible for the growth of different body cells including muscles ...
According to most definitions, for a species to be classified as separate from another, the organisms in one species must not be able to reproduce healthy and fertile young with organisms in another. But certain scientists and breeders, who question the separation between species, can crossbreed these animals to see just how separate they really ...
