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OCR: timulates GHRH is a hypothalamic hormone tha ror growth hormone secretion from the an topic pituitary gland. Since the discovery of e rof GHRH syndrome, an appreciable numb sed by patients who suffer from acromegaly ca eoplasms GHRH production have been reported; are thus associated with ectopic GHRH syndrom ncreatic far limited to bronchial carcinoid and pa RH endocrine tumour, although ectopic GH plasms production is frequent in a variety of ne uding with neuroendocrine characteristics, inc this is not small-cell lung carcinoma. It appears the s than one a frequent cause of acromegaly (much le t for the per cent), but this entity is very importa ne differential diagnosis of multiple endoc neoplasia (MEN) type I.