Concept information
Preferred term
Dwarfism, Pituitary
Type
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Definition
- A form of dwarfism caused by complete or partial GROWTH HORMONE deficiency, resulting from either the lack of GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR from the HYPOTHALAMUS or from the mutations in the growth hormone gene (GH1) in the PITUITARY GLAND. It is also known as Type I pituitary dwarfism. Human hypophysial dwarf is caused by a deficiency of HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE during development.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Dwarfism, Growth Hormone Deficiency
- Growth Hormone Deficiency Dwarfism
- Hyposomatotrophic Dwarfism
- Isolated GH Deficiency
- Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency
- Isolated HGH Deficiency
- Isolated Human Growth Hormone Deficiency
- Isolated Somatotropin Deficiency
- Isolated Somatotropin Deficiency Disorder
- Nanism, Pituitary
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemically induced (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- complications (Qualifier)
- congenital (Qualifier)
- diagnosis (Qualifier)
- diagnostic imaging (Qualifier)
- diet therapy (Qualifier)
- drug therapy (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- embryology (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- epidemiology (Qualifier)
- ethnology (Qualifier)
- etiology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- mortality (Qualifier)
- nursing (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathology (Qualifier)
- physiopathology (Qualifier)
- prevention & control (Qualifier)
- psychology (Qualifier)
- radiotherapy (Qualifier)
- rehabilitation (Qualifier)
- surgery (Qualifier)
- therapy (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
- veterinary (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Nanisme par déficit congénital en hormone de croissance
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Nanisme par déficit en hormone somatotrope
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Nanisme par déficit somatotrope
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Nanisme pituitaire
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-SRJPNJLH-G
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