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Abstract
A pituitary tumor that secretes GROWTH HORMONE. In humans, excess HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE leads to ACROMEGALY.
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- Acromegaly Due To Pituitary Adenoma
- GH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
- Pituitary Adenoma, GH-Secreting
- Pituitary Adenoma, Growth Hormone-Secreting
- Pituitary Growth Hormone-Secreting Adenoma
- Somatotroph Adenoma
- Adenoma, Somatotroph
- Adenomas, Somatotroph
- GH Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
- GH-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas
- Pituitary Adenoma, GH Secreting
- Pituitary Adenoma, Growth Hormone Secreting
- Pituitary Adenomas, GH-Secreting
- Pituitary Growth Hormone Secreting Adenoma
- Somatotroph Adenomas
- Isolated Familial Somatotropinoma
- Somatotrophinoma, Familial
- Somatotropinoma, Familial Isolated
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39 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate IM with ADENOMA (IM)
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History Note
2006
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Previous Indexing
- Pituitary Neoplasms (1981-2005)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D049912. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D049912
- Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18557191