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  1. Growth Hormone Tests: MedlinePlus Medical Test 
    Growth Hormone Tests What are growth hormone tests? Growth hormone (GH) tests are blood tests that check to see if your body is making a normal amount of ... the pituitary gland. Why do I need a growth hormone test? Your provider may order a GH test ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/growth-hormone-tests - Medical Tests
  2. Growth hormone deficiency - children 
    Growth hormone deficiency means the pituitary gland does not make enough growth hormone. ... the body's balance of hormones. It also makes growth hormone. This hormone causes a child to grow. Growth ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001176.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Isolated growth hormone deficiency 
    Isolated growth hormone deficiency is a condition caused by a severe shortage or absence of growth hormone. Growth hormone is a protein that is necessary for the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../isolated-growth-hormone-deficiency - Genetics
  4. Acromegaly 
    ... a condition in which there is too much growth hormone (GH) in the body. ... caused when the pituitary gland makes too much growth hormone. The pituitary gland is a small endocrine gland ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000321.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Gigantism 
    ... is abnormal growth due to an excess of growth hormone (GH) during childhood.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001174.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Growth Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... gland problem or disease. The pituitary gland makes growth hormone, which stimulates the growth of bone and other ... of it may be very short. Treatment with growth hormone can stimulate growth. People can also have too ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/growthdisorders.html - Health Topics
  7. Growth hormone test 
    The growth hormone test measures the amount of growth hormone in the blood. The pituitary gland makes growth hormone, which causes a child to grow. This gland ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003706.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Short stature 
    ... syndrome Turner syndrome Williams syndrome Other reasons include: Growth hormone deficiency Infections of the developing baby before birth ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003271.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Laron syndrome 
    ... results from the body's inability to use growth hormone, a substance produced by the brain's pituitary ... provides instructions for making a protein called the growth hormone receptor. The receptor is present on the outer ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/laron-syndrome - Genetics
  10. GH1 gene 
    The GH1 gene provides instructions for making the growth hormone protein. Growth hormone is produced in the growth-stimulating somatotropic cells ... is located at the base of the brain. Growth hormone is necessary for the normal growth of the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/gh1 - Genetics
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