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#Question id: 34150


A 7-year-old boy is evaluated for short stature. His average circulating growth hormone level is within the normal range for his age, but levels of IGF-I are reduced. His growth failure is most likely due to a defect in:

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. GHRH release from the hypothalamus
  2. GHRH receptors
  3. Androgen synthesis
  4. Growth hormone receptors