Excess production of growth hormone before adulthood mainly causes:

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B. {'text': 'Gigantism with great height'}

1. Growth hormone controls height growth during childhood.
2. **Too little** growth hormone → dwarfism; **too much** growth hormone before adulthood → **gigantism**.
3. Goitre is a thyroid disorder; diabetes is from insulin deficiency.
4. Hence excess growth hormone in childhood causes gigantism.
_Source: Selina Concise ICSE Class 8 Biology Ch 5 "Endocrine System and Adolescence", Hormone-related disorders_

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{'text': 'Dwarfism with short height'}

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{'text': 'Goitre in the neck region'}

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{'text': 'Diabetes with high sugar'}