The student nurse encounters a 15-year-old girl who reports that she has no pubic or axillary hair and has not yet experienced growth of her breasts. The student asks the nurse about the physiology of this occurrence. The nurse explains that the patient probably lacks which hormone?

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Estrogen is responsible for the development of female secondary sexual characteristics, such as pubic and axillary hair, breast growth, and widening of the hips. The absence of these changes suggests a lack of estrogen. Testosterone is responsible for male secondary sexual characteristics, while progesterone and prolactin are primarily involved in the menstrual cycle and lactation, respectively, and would not directly affect pubertal development.

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