Diseases
- See main article at Endocrine diseases
A disease due to a disorder of the endocrine system is often called a "hormone imbalance", but is technically known as an endocrinopathy or endocrinosis. Such disease can be treated by increasing or reducing the hormone which has become imbalanced.
Read more about this topic: Endocrinology
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