"Hypopituitarism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Diminution or cessation of secretion of one or more hormones from the anterior pituitary gland (including LH; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; SOMATOTROPIN; and CORTICOTROPIN). This may result from surgical or radiation ablation, non-secretory PITUITARY NEOPLASMS, metastatic tumors, infarction, PITUITARY APOPLEXY, infiltrative or granulomatous processes, and other conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D007018
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.617.738.300 C19.700.482
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| Concept/Terms |
Hypopituitarism- Hypopituitarism
- Pituitary Insufficiency
- Insufficiency, Pituitary
- Hyposecretion Syndrome, Anterior Pituitary
- Hyposecretion, Adenohypophyseal
- Adenohypophyseal Hyposecretion
- Anterior Pituitary Hyposecretion Syndrome
Postpartum Hypopituitarism- Postpartum Hypopituitarism
- Hypopituitarism, Postpartum
- Simmonds' Disease
- Simmond's Disease
- Sheehan Syndrome
- Syndrome, Sheehan
- Postpartum Panhypopituitarism
- Panhypopituitarism, Postpartum
- Postpartum Pituitary Insufficiency
- Pituitary Insufficiency, Postpartum
- Sheehan's Syndrome
- Sheehans Syndrome
- Syndrome, Sheehan's
- Simmonds Disease
- Disease, Simmonds
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypopituitarism" by people in Profiles.
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Biological Effective Dose as a Predictor of Hypopituitarism After Single-Fraction Pituitary Adenoma Radiosurgery: Dosimetric Analysis and Cohort Study of Patients Treated Using Contemporary Techniques. Neurosurgery. 2021 03 15; 88(4):E330-E335.
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Take It with a Grain of Salt. N Engl J Med. 2018 11 22; 379(21):e38.
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Hypopituitarism After Single-Fraction Pituitary Adenoma Radiosurgery: Dosimetric Analysis Based on Patients Treated Using Contemporary Techniques. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 07 01; 101(3):618-623.
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Neurofibromatosis 1-associated panhypopituitarism presenting as hypoglycaemic seizures and stroke-like symptoms. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Nov 03; 2015.
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The clinical, neuroradiographic, and endocrinologic profile of patients with bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia. Ophthalmology. 1997 Mar; 104(3):493-6.