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| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0032002
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| Preferred Name | Pituitary Disorders |
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<p>Your pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain. The pituitary is the "master control gland" - it makes hormones that affect growth and the functions of other glands in the body. </p> <p>With pituitary disorders, you often have too much or too little of one of your hormones. Injuries can cause pituitary disorders, but the most common cause is a <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/pituitarytumors.html">pituitary tumor</a>.</p>
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| definition | <p>Your pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain. The pituitary is the "master control gland" - it makes hormones that affect growth and the functions of other glands in the body. </p> <p>With pituitary disorders, you often have too much or too little of one of your hormones. Injuries can cause pituitary disorders, but the most common cause is a <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/pituitarytumors.html">pituitary tumor</a>.</p> |
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| prefLabel | Pituitary Disorders
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| Date created | 12/29/1999
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| notation | C0032002
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| Scope Statement | Your pituitary gland makes hormones. With a pituitary disorder, you have too much or too little of one of these hormones. Learn about these disorders.https://medlineplus.gov/pituitarydisorders.html
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| cui | C0032002
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| MP PRIMARY INSTITUTE URL | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
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| MP OTHER LANGUAGE URL | Spanish https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/pituitarydisorders.html
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