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| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000172
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000172
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| Preferred Name | Acromegaly |
| Definitions |
A condition caused by prolonged exposure to excessive HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE in adults. It is characterized by bony enlargement of the FACE; lower jaw (PROGNATHISM); hands; FEET; HEAD; and THORAX. The most common etiology is a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch36, pp79-80)
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| Synonyms |
Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndromes (Acromegaly)
Inappropriate GH Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
Syndrome, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
Syndromes, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
Inappropriate Growth Hormone Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
Hypersecretion Syndromes, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
Hypersecretion Syndrome, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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| definition | A condition caused by prolonged exposure to excessive HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE in adults. It is characterized by bony enlargement of the FACE; lower jaw (PROGNATHISM); hands; FEET; HEAD; and THORAX. The most common etiology is a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch36, pp79-80) |
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| altLabel |
Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndromes (Acromegaly)
Inappropriate GH Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
Syndrome, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
Syndromes, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
Inappropriate Growth Hormone Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
Hypersecretion Syndromes, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
Hypersecretion Syndrome, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
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| prefLabel | Acromegaly
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| type | |
| tui | T047
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| TERMUI |
T000517
T365909
T365910
T365908
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| TH |
NLM (2000)
NLM (1966)
ORD (2010)
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| MMR | 20090706
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| notation | D000172
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| Semantic type UMLS property | |
| Inverse of AQ |
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| DX | 19660101
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| cui | C0001206
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| DC | 1
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| MN |
C10.228.140.617.738.250.100
C05.116.132.082
C19.700.355.179
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| AN | coordinate with GROWTH HORMONE in animals or HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE in humans if pertinent
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| AQL | BL CF CI CL CN CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RH RT SU TH UR VE VI
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| MDA | 19990101
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