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Pituitary Disorders
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.
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 pituitary tumor.
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- Pituitary Gland Disorders Overview(Hormone Health Network)
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Overviews
- Pituitary Disorders(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic Hormone) Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- FSH (Follicle-Stimulating Hormone) Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Growth Hormone(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- IGF-1 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor -1) Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- LH (Luteinizing Hormone) Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
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MRI of the Head
(American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
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Treatment
- Pituitary Disorders Treatment Options(Hormone Health Network)
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Disease Management
- Pituitary Disorders Lifestyle and Prevention(Hormone Health Network)
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Specific Conditions
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Acromegaly(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
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Empty Sella Syndrome(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Short Summary
- Galactorrhea(American Academy of Family Physicians)
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- Hyperprolactinemia Diagnosis and Treatment(Hormone Health Network) - PDF
- Hypopituitarism(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Septo-Optic Dysplasia(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Short Summary
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Acromegaly
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Related Issues
- What Is an Endocrinologist?(Hormone Health Network)
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Videos
- Pituitary gland - Encyclopedia
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Anatomy/Physiology
- Atlas of Human Body: Endocrine System(American Medical Association)
- Endocrine System(Nemours Foundation)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Acromegaly(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Pituitary Diseases(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Acromegaly
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Genetics
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Genetics Home Reference: Combined pituitary hormone deficiency(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Combined pituitary hormone deficiency
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Research
- Pituitary Research Highlights(Hormone Health Network)
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Strategies for the treatment of antipsychotic-induced sexual dysfunction and/or hyperprolactinemia...
- Article: Pathophysiology of renal calcium handling in acromegaly: what lies behind...
- Article: Overall and cause-specific mortality in GH-deficient adults on GH replacement.
- Pituitary Disorders -- see more articles
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Directories
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Directory of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Organizations(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Find an Endocrinologist(Hormone Health Network)
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Directory of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Organizations
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Organizations
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Teenagers
- Endocrine System(Nemours Foundation)
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Women
- Sheehan's Syndrome(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Patient Handouts
- Craniopharyngioma
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- Empty sella syndrome
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- Growth hormone
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- Head MRI
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- Hypopituitarism
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- Pituitary infarction
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- Pituitary tumor
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