Posted by: Pdfprep
Post Date: December 10, 2020
At what CD4 count should antiretroviral treatment commence in asymptomatic HIV patients?
A . Testosterone
B . Growth hormone
C . Somatostatin
D . Oestrogen
E . Somatostatin
Answer: D
Explanation:
The growth spurt at puberty is brought about by the secretion of androgens in the male and oestrogens in the female.
However, it is oestrogens that ultimately terminate growth by causing the epiphyses in the long bones to fuse. Thus oestrogens rather than androgens are responsible for skeletal maturation, epiphyseal fusion and cessation of growth in males and females. All the other hormones are involved in growth alone
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