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- 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 ...
- Combined pituitary hormone deficiency is a condition that causes a shortage (deficiency) of several hormones produced by the pituitary gland, which is located ...
- ... from the body's inability to use growth hormone, a substance produced by the brain's pituitary ... instructions for making a protein called the growth hormone receptor. The receptor is present on the outer ...
- ... that occurs when the adrenal glands, which are hormone-producing glands located on top of each kidney, do not produce certain hormones called glucocorticoids. These hormones, which include cortisol and ...
- ... features of the condition is reduced production of hormones that direct sexual development (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism). Many affected ... to play a role in the release of hormones from the pituitary gland, a process that requires ...
- ... nodules) in the adrenal glands, which are small hormone-producing glands located on top of each kidney. ... production of higher-than-normal levels of the hormone cortisol. Cortisol is an important hormone that suppresses ...
- ... characterized by reduced levels of the female sex hormone estrogen and increased levels of the male sex hormone testosterone.Females with aromatase deficiency have a typical ...
- ... the nervous system. This protein transports a particular hormone into nerve cells in the developing brain. This hormone, called triiodothyronine or T3, is produced by a ...
- ... HSD) deficiency is an inherited disorder that affects hormone-producing glands including the gonads (ovaries in females ... of the kidneys, regulate the production of certain hormones and control salt levels in the body. People ...
- ... a condition that affects the function of certain hormone-producing glands called the gonads (ovaries in females ... of the kidneys, regulate the production of certain hormones, including those that control salt levels in the ...