Diseases

Pituitary Diseases

Disorders involving either the ADENOHYPOPHYSIS or the NEUROHYPOPHYSIS. These diseases usually manifest as hypersecretion or hyposecretion of PITUITARY HORMONES. Neoplastic pituitary masses can also cause compression of the OPTIC CHIASM and other adjacent structures.

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Abstract

Disorders involving either the ADENOHYPOPHYSIS or the NEUROHYPOPHYSIS. These diseases usually manifest as hypersecretion or hyposecretion of PITUITARY HORMONES. Neoplastic pituitary masses can also cause compression of the OPTIC CHIASM and other adjacent structures.

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  • Hypophyseal Disorders
  • Pituitary Disorders
  • Pituitary Gland Diseases
  • Disease, Pituitary
  • Disease, Pituitary Gland
  • Diseases, Pituitary
  • Diseases, Pituitary Gland
  • Disorder, Hypophyseal
  • Disorder, Pituitary
  • Disorders, Hypophyseal
  • Disorders, Pituitary
  • Hypophyseal Disorder
  • Pituitary Disease
  • Pituitary Disorder
  • Pituitary Gland Disease
  • Adenohypophyseal Diseases
  • Anterior Pituitary Diseases
  • Neurohypophyseal Diseases
  • Posterior Pituitary Diseases
  • Adenohypophyseal Disease
  • Anterior Pituitary Disease
  • Disease, Adenohypophyseal
  • Disease, Anterior Pituitary
  • Disease, Neurohypophyseal
  • Disease, Posterior Pituitary
  • Diseases, Adenohypophyseal
  • Diseases, Anterior Pituitary
  • Diseases, Neurohypophyseal
  • Diseases, Posterior Pituitary
  • Neurohypophyseal Disease
  • Pituitary Disease, Anterior
  • Pituitary Disease, Posterior
  • Pituitary Diseases, Anterior
  • Pituitary Diseases, Posterior
  • Posterior Pituitary Disease

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, 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, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate IM with specific part of pituitary (IM) if pertinent

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  1. C10w.228w.140w.617w.738w
  2. C19w.700w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pituitary Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010900. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010900
  2. Pituitary Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituitary_disease
  3. Pituitary Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7199538