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The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.
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Somatotropin hypersecretion (acromegaly) syndrome
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A condition caused by prolonged exposure to excessive human growth hormone in adults. It is characterised by bony enlargement of the face; lower jaw (prognathism); hands; feet; head; and thorax. The ...
Growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma
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A pituitary tumour that secretes growth hormone. In humans, excess human growth hormone leads to acromegaly.
Acromegaly due to pituitary adenoma
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A pituitary tumour that secretes growth hormone. In humans, excess human growth hormone leads to acromegaly.
GH secreting pituitary adenoma
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A pituitary tumour that secretes growth hormone. In humans, excess human growth hormone leads to acromegaly.
GH-secreting pituitary adenomas
Medical; Medicine
A pituitary tumour that secretes growth hormone. In humans, excess human growth hormone leads to acromegaly.
Somatotroph adenoma
Medical; Medicine
A pituitary tumour that secretes growth hormone. In humans, excess human growth hormone leads to acromegaly.
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone
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An anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the adrenal cortex and its production of corticosteroids. ACTH is a 39-amino acid polypeptide of which the N-terminal 24-amino acid segment is identical ...
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