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| Preferred Name | Acromegaly | |
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Acromegaly acromegaly |
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| Definitions |
A syndrome characterized by enlargement of the hands, feet, ears, nose, lips, and tongue, skin thickening and swelling of internal organs. It is caused by overproduction of growth hormone in the pituitary gland, usually by a pituitary adenoma. |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C84533 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
Excessive growth of body tissues due to overproduction of growth hormone in an individual who has completed linear growth. A condition in which the pituitary gland makes too much growth hormone after normal growth of the skeleton is finished. This causes the bones of the hands, feet, head, and face to grow larger than normal. Acromegaly can be caused by a pituitary gland tumor.
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C84533
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118467 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118168 |
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CTRP MedDRA NICHD
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| DEFINITION |
A syndrome characterized by enlargement of the hands, feet, ears, nose, lips, and tongue, skin thickening and swelling of internal organs. It is caused by overproduction of growth hormone in the pituitary gland, usually by a pituitary adenoma.
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| Display_Name |
Acromegaly
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Acromegaly acromegaly
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Acromegaly
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Acromegaly
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| Preferred_Name |
Acromegaly
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C84533
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| Semantic_Type |
Disease or Syndrome
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0001206
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