Doctors believe Jyoti is a pituitary dwarf, which is caused when the body fails to produce enough growth hormone.

医生认为她患有垂体性侏儒症，是由身体未能分泌足够的成长激素引起的。

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Growth hormone, produced in the pituitary, plays an important role in bone and muscle development, particularly in women.

生长激素，垂体产生，在骨骼和肌肉生长中起重要作用，尤其是妇女。

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The growth hormone of fish is a kind of single subunit protein secreted by the pituitary of fish.

鱼生长激素是鱼类脑垂体中分泌的促进生长的单一亚基的蛋白激素。

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"When you irradiate a young child's brain, say less than 5 years old, you hit the pituitary gland, which controls growth hormone production, " he said.

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Two types of drugs are available for these types of pituitary tumors and are especially useful if surgery has been unsuccessful in normalizing growth hormone production.

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Consider, for example, the decades of production of a human growth hormone for below-average-height children by the National Pituitary Agency.

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