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MeSH Heading: Pituitary Diseases
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.617.738; C19.700
Unique ID: D010900
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010900
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate IM with specific part of pituitary (IM) if pertinent
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Version: PITUITARY DIS
Entry Term(s): Adenohypophyseal Diseases; Anterior Pituitary Diseases; Hypophyseal Disorders; Neurohypophyseal Diseases; Pituitary Disorders; Pituitary Gland Diseases; Posterior Pituitary Diseases
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30

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: M0016908
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Pituitary Diseases Preferred Term
Term UI T032128
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Pituitary Gland Diseases
Term UI T369964
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Hypophyseal Disorders
Term UI T369960
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Pituitary Disorders
Term UI T369963
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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