Match the following:

A) Graves' disease
B) Diabetes mellitus
C) Acromegaly
D) Addison's disease
E) Pituitary dwarfism

1) An autoimmune problem involving the thyroid gland.
2) Hyposecretion of growth hormone.
3) Hyposecretion of the pancreas.
4) Hyposecretion of the adrenal cortex.
5) Hypersecretion of growth hormone.


1) A) Graves' disease
2) E) Pituitary dwarfism
3) B) Diabetes mellitus
4) D) Addison's disease
5) C) Acromegaly

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