Pituitary Diseases (Disease, Anterior Pituitary)

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323 relevant articles (11 outcomes, 22 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: Disorders involving either the ADENOHYPOPHYSIS or the NEUROHYPOPHYSIS. These diseases usually manifest as hypersecretion or hyposecretion of PITUITARY HORMONES. Neoplastic pituitary masses can also cause compression of the OPTIC CHIASM and other adjacent structures.

Also Known As:

Disease, Anterior Pituitary; Anterior Pituitary Diseases; Pituitary Disorders; Pituitary Gland Diseases; Posterior Pituitary Diseases; Adenohypophyseal Disease; Anterior Pituitary Disease; Disease, Adenohypophyseal; Disease, Neurohypophyseal; Disease, Pituitary; Disease, Pituitary Gland; Disease, Posterior Pituitary; Diseases, Adenohypophyseal; Diseases, Anterior Pituitary; Diseases, Neurohypophyseal; Diseases, Pituitary; Diseases, Pituitary Gland; Diseases, Posterior Pituitary; Disorder, Hypophyseal; Disorder, Pituitary; Disorders, Hypophyseal; Disorders, Pituitary; Hypophyseal Disorder; Neurohypophyseal Disease; Pituitary Disease; Pituitary Disease, Anterior; Pituitary Disease, Posterior; Pituitary Diseases, Anterior; Pituitary Diseases, Posterior; Pituitary Disorder; Pituitary Gland Disease; Posterior Pituitary Disease; Adenohypophyseal Diseases; Hypophyseal Disorders; Neurohypophyseal Diseases

Relationship Network

Disease Context: Research Results

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4.	Hypoglycemia (Reactive Hypoglycemia)
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Experts

1.	Wile, D: 2 articles (04/2001 - 11/2000)
2.	MacFarlane, I A: 2 articles (04/2001 - 11/2000)
3.	Gutt, B: 1 article (10/2005)
4.	Steffin, B: 1 article (10/2005)
5.	Schopohl, J: 1 article (10/2005)
6.	Secco, A: 1 article (05/2005)
7.	Casini, M R: 1 article (05/2005)
8.	Loche, S: 1 article (05/2005)
9.	Temporini, F: 1 article (05/2005)
10.	Uga, E: 1 article (05/2005)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Pituitary Diseases:

1.	Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)FDA Link 05/01/2000 - "DESIGN: A comparison of the 1-microgram and the 250-microgram ACTH stimulation tests in healthy controls and in patients with pituitary disease whose HPA axis status was characterized formally by a gold standard test" 08/01/2000 - "The aim of our study was to define the normal response to 1 microgram ACTH stimulation in a control population and to study the sensitivity and specificity of the test in a group of patients with suspected pituitary disease" 11/01/2007 - "CONCLUSIONS: In our meta-analysis of patients with pituitary disease without ACTH or GH excess, SMR was significantly higher in women than in men" 04/01/2002 - "The two different functional ACTH responses to CRH observed in each pituitary disorder did not correlate with damage levels shown on MRI." 11/01/2001 - "Adrenocorticotropin stimulation tests in patients with hypothalamic-pituitary disease: low dose, standard high dose and 8-h infusion tests." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Insulin (Novolin)FDA Link 08/01/2008 - "Generally, the insulin tolerance test (ITT) is useful for examining the HPA axis in both hypothalamic and pituitary diseases; however, ITT has a number of disadvantages" 12/01/2007 - "METHODS: In 2000 and 2001, we tested 142 adult patients with hypothalamo-pituitary disorders for somatotropic function using Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT), the reference test for the diagnosis of GHD, with concomitant Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) determination, a marker of somatotropic function" 07/01/2002 - "An audit of the insulin-tolerance test in 255 patients with pituitary disease." 04/01/2000 - "The insulin tolerance test (ITT) is widely accepted as the method of choice to evaluate GH secretion capacity in adults with hypothalamic-pituitary disorders" 08/01/1999 - "Comment on comparison of the low dose short synacthen test (1 microg), the conventional dose short synacthen test (250 microg), and the insulin tolerance test for assessment of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients with pituitary disease." Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	HormonesIBA 01/01/1997 - "For general screening of children who are in fairly good health and in whom CNS or pituitary disease is not strongly suspected, the newer THS assays are very useful in assessing the action of both endogenous and exogenous thyroid hormone" 03/01/1991 - "The present study aimed at evaluating the anterior pituitary hormone levels in the inferior petrosal sinuses and in the peripheral blood of 55 patients affected by various pituitary disorders and undergoing perihypophysial phlebography on neurosurgical indication or for diagnostic purposes" 01/01/1991 - "Four different studies of sexual problems and sexual dysfunction in patients with hypothalamo-pituitary disorders have been undertaken and data about the sex life of the patients have been correlated with diagnosis, tumour extension and pathology, endocrine insufficiency and pituitary hormone hypersecretion" 01/01/2007 - "The diagnosis of pituitary disorders is difficult because several hormone systems are involved" 04/01/2006 - "BACKGROUND: Combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD) is an anterior pituitary disorder, commonly resulting in growth retardation" Order ALL the reference details at left...
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