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Given below is an incomplete table about hormones, their source glands and one major effect of them. Identify the correct option for that correctly identifies A, B, and C.
 
 Source gland   Hormone   Function 
 A   Oestrogen   Maintenance of secondary sexual characters 
 Alpha cells of Islets of Langerhans   B   Hyperglycemia
 Anterior pituitary   C   Hypersecretion leads to gigantism 

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