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Results 1 - 10 of 96 for Growth hormone
  1. 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 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../isolated-growth-hormone-deficiency - Genetics
  2. 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
  3. McCune-Albright syndrome 
    ... that makes several hormones) may produce too much growth hormone. Excess growth hormone can result in acromegaly, a condition characterized by ... features that are often described as "coarse." Excess growth hormone secretion may also lead to increased expansion of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/mccune-albright-syndrome - Genetics
  4. X-linked acrogigantism 
    ... tumor. The abnormal gland releases excess amounts of growth hormone, a hormone that normally helps direct growth of ... the pituitary gland or in the release of growth hormone from the gland.Duplication of the GPR101 gene ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/x-linked-acrogigantism - Genetics
  5. Carney complex 
    ... usually results in the production of too much growth hormone. Excess growth hormone leads to acromegaly, a condition characterized by large ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/carney-complex - Genetics
  6. 3-M syndrome 
    ... proteins involved in the body's response to growth hormones, although their specific role in this process is ... proteins for degradation. The body's response to growth hormones may be impaired as a result. However, the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/3-m-syndrome - Genetics
  7. Combined pituitary hormone deficiency 
    ... production of several hormones. These hormones can include growth hormone (GH), which is needed for normal growth; follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), which both play ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../combined-pituitary-hormone-deficiency - Genetics
  8. Septo-optic dysplasia 
    ... many essential hormones. Most commonly, pituitary hypoplasia causes growth hormone deficiency, which results in slow growth and unusually short stature. Severe cases cause panhypopituitarism, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/septo-optic-dysplasia - Genetics
  9. Hartsfield syndrome 
    ... intake and urine excretion; a shortage (deficiency) of growth hormone, leading to slow or delayed growth; and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, which affects the production of hormones that direct sexual development. Dysfunction in other parts ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/hartsfield-syndrome - Genetics
  10. Familial isolated pituitary adenoma 
    ... is also common in FIPA. These tumors release growth hormone (also called somatotropin), which promotes growth of the body. Somatotropinomas in children or adolescents ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../familial-isolated-pituitary-adenoma - Genetics
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