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Excess melanophore stimulating hormone is secreted during a disease:

Correct answer: D. Addison's disease

  • A. Epilepsy
  • B. Alzheimer's disease
  • C. Parkinson's disease
  • D. Addison's disease

Explanation

In Addison's disease, low cortisol removes negative feedback, so pituitary pro-opiomelanocortin products, including melanocyte-stimulating hormone activity, rise and darken the skin. The other disorders do not characteristically produce this endocrine change.

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