Preferred Name | pituitary dwarfism | |
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Dwarfism: [pituitary] or [hypophyseal (& Lorain-Levi)] Lorain - Levi dwarfism hypopituitary dwarfism pituitary dwarfism Dwarfism, Pituitary |
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Definitions |
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. Proportionately decreased bodily growth due to failure of the pituitary gland to produce an adequate supply of growth hormone. |
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ID |
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_1001109 |
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database_cross_reference |
MONDO:0006909 MEDGEN:8506 SCTID:367460001 MedDRA:10035083 NCIt:C34555 MESH:D004393 SNOMEDCT:367460001 MeSH:D004393 UMLS:C0013338 DOID:9405 ICD9:253.3 |
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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. Proportionately decreased bodily growth due to failure of the pituitary gland to produce an adequate supply of growth hormone. |
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exactMatch |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0013338 http://identifiers.org/medgen/8506 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/EFO_1001109 |
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has_exact_synonym |
Dwarfism: [pituitary] or [hypophyseal (& Lorain-Levi)] Lorain - Levi dwarfism hypopituitary dwarfism pituitary dwarfism Dwarfism, Pituitary |
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id |
EFO:1001109 |
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label |
pituitary dwarfism |
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notation |
EFO:1001109 |
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preferred label |
pituitary dwarfism |
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prefLabel |
pituitary dwarfism |
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term editor |
Sirarat Sarntivijai |
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subClassOf |
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000512 |