Concept information
Preferred term
Human Growth Hormone
Type
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Definition
- A 191-amino acid polypeptide hormone secreted by the human adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR), also known as GH or somatotropin. Synthetic growth hormone, termed somatropin, has replaced the natural form in therapeutic usage such as treatment of dwarfism in children with growth hormone deficiency. Mammalian-cell derived recombinant human growth hormone.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- 12629-01-5
- hGH (Human Growth Hormone)
- Somatotropin (Human)
- Somatotropin (human)
- Somatropin
- Somatropin (Human)
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- administration & dosage (Qualifier)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- agonists (Qualifier)
- analogs & derivatives (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- antagonists & inhibitors (Qualifier)
- biosynthesis (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemical synthesis (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- deficiency (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pharmacokinetics (Qualifier)
- pharmacology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- therapeutic use (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
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In other languages
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French
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12629-01-5
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hGH (Human Growth Hormone)
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Somatotropin (human)
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Somatotropine humaine
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Somatropine humaine
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NHX31W8P-W
Equivalent concepts
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