Which one of the following pair's correctly matches a hormone with a disease resulting from its deficiency:

Insulin - Diabetes insipidus

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Thyroxine - Tetany

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Parathyroid hormone - Diabetes mellitus

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Luteinizing hormone - Failure of ovulation

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The correct option is D Luteinizing hormone - Failure of ovulation
Luteinizing hormone (LH) stimulates ovulations. Therefore deficiency in this hormone is a reason behind the failure to ovulate.
Deficiency of insulin causes diabetes mellitus. Where as Deficiency of ADH or vasopressin causes diabetes insipidus.
Hypersecretion of thyroxine resutls in Graves’s disease and Goitre and Hyposecretionof the hormone causes Cretinism in children and myxoedema in adults.
Osteoporosis is caused by hypersecretion of the parathyroid hormone, with hyposecretionof the hormone causing muscular tetany.

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