"Hypopituitarism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypopituitarism" by people in Profiles.
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Treatment of rapid recurrence of severe steatosis with combined glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist and growth hormone therapy in a pediatric patient transplanted for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis cirrhosis in the setting of hypopituitarism. Am J Transplant. 2025 May; 25(5):1123-1126.
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Prognostic significance of corticotroph staining in radiosurgery for non-functioning pituitary adenomas: a multicenter study. J Neurooncol. 2017 Oct; 135(1):67-74.
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Case 2: Cardiovascular Shock Following Acute Gastroenteritis in a 17-year-old Boy. Pediatr Rev. 2015 Sep; 36(9):417-9.
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Heterozygous deletion of FOXA2 segregates with disease in a family with heterotaxy, panhypopituitarism, and biliary atresia. Hum Mutat. 2015 Jun; 36(6):631-7.
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Whole-exome sequencing identifies homozygous GPR161 mutation in a family with pituitary stalk interruption syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Jan; 100(1):E140-7.
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Association of sex hormones with sexual function, vitality, and physical function of symptomatic older men with low testosterone levels at baseline in the testosterone trials. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Mar; 100(3):1146-55.
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Urogenital examination identifies the cause of neonatal jaundice. J Pediatr. 2014 Apr; 164(4):939-939.e1.
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Neonatal giant cell hepatitis: histological and etiological findings. Am J Surg Pathol. 2010 Oct; 34(10):1498-503.
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Diabetes insipidus and panhypopituitarism due to intrasellar metastasis from medullary thyroid cancer. Head Neck. 2009 Mar; 31(3):419-23.
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Neuroimaging in posttraumatic hypopituitarism. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2008 Mar-Apr; 32(2):324-8.