Match the condition with the description.

1. associated with Graves' disease
2. caused by growth hormone deficiency in childhood
3. caused by growth hormone excess in adulthood
4. mental retardation associated with infantile hypothyroidism
5. This condition results from excess androgens in females.

A. acromegaly
B. adrenogenital syndrome
C. cretinism
D. dwarfism
E. exophthalmus


1. E. exophthalmus
2. D. dwarfism
3. A. acromegaly
4. C. cretinism
5. B. adrenogenital syndrome

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