Somatotropic Cell - Hormone Deficiency

Hormone Deficiency

When levels of somatotropin are low in the body, a physican may prescribe human growth hormone as a drug—see Growth hormone treatment.

Deficiency in somatotrope secretion before puberty, or before the end of new bone tissue growth, can lead to pituitary dwarfism. When growth hormone is deficient, blood sugar is low because insulin is not opposed by normal amount of growth hormone. Dwarfs are usually well proportioned, but sometimes have a large head compared to the body.