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MeSH Heading: Hypopituitarism
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.617.738.300; C19.700.482
Unique ID: D007018
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007018
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Adenohypophyseal Hyposecretion; Anterior Pituitary Hyposecretion Syndrome; Hyposecretion Syndrome, Anterior Pituitary; Hyposecretion, Adenohypophyseal; Pituitary Insufficiency; Postpartum Hypopituitarism; Postpartum Panhypopituitarism; Postpartum Pituitary Insufficiency; Sheehan Syndrome; Sheehan's Syndrome; Simmonds Disease; Simmonds' Disease
NLM Classification #: WK 550
Public MeSH Note: 1963; for SIMMONDS' DISEASE & SHEEHAN'S SYNDROME see SIMMONDS' DISEASE 1963-1967
History Note: 1963; for SIMMONDS' DISEASE & SHEEHAN'S SYNDROME use SIMMONDS' DISEASE 1963-1967
Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0010922
Terms: Postpartum Hypopituitarism Preferred Term
Term UI T604691
Date08/19/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Simmonds' Disease
Term UI T021032
Date03/10/1978
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Sheehan Syndrome
Term UI T368540
Date11/05/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Sheehan's Syndrome
Term UI T021031
Date05/23/1978
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Postpartum Pituitary Insufficiency
Term UI T604692
Date08/19/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Postpartum Panhypopituitarism
Term UI T604693
Date08/19/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Simmonds Disease
Term UI T368541
Date11/05/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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