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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Developmental > Gigantism
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Endocrine > Gigantism
Endocrine System Diseases > Bone Diseases, Endocrine > Gigantism
Endocrine System Diseases > Pituitary Diseases > Hyperpituitarism > Gigantism
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Hypothalamic Diseases > Pituitary Diseases > Hyperpituitarism > Gigantism

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Gigantism  

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Hänvisningstermer

  • Gigantism, Pituitary
  • Pituitary Gigantism

Användningsanmärkning

  • The condition of accelerated and excessive GROWTH in children or adolescents who are exposed to excess HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE before the closure of EPIPHYSES. It is usually caused by somatotroph hyperplasia or a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA. These patients are of abnormally tall stature, more than 3 standard deviations above normal mean height for age.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005877

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