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Meanings of pituitary in English

Portuguese
pituitária
Catalan
glàndula pituïtària
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The master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain.

pituitária

Endocrine.

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Acromegalic.

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Examples for "acromegalic"
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Somatostatin analogs are an alternative treatment to pituitary surgery and radiotherapy in acromegalic patients.
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Patients Nineteen acromegalic patients with active disease after unsuccessful neurosurgery and somatostatin analog therapy.
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Our findings suggest that both insulin sensitivity and β-cell function are improved by tumor resection in acromegalic patients.
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In conclusion, this study demonstrates the key role of RUNX2 gene overexpression in causing bone impairment in acromegalic patients.
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This study aims to determine whether the detection of this mutation could impact on the management of acromegalic patients.
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Usage of pituitary in English
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We therefore undertook a study of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation in this population.
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Over these, the essential control lies in the pituitary and the thyroid.
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The anterior pituitary is in the closest relation and contact with them.
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Methods: We introduced OETA for pituitary adenomas with a detailed technical description.
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The last pituitary hormone with gonadotroph effect was discovered a generation ago.
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The transsphenoidal approach to the pituitary is widely used in pituitary surgery.
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Rare labeled cells were seen along the periphery of the posterior pituitary.
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The immune system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis are linked by several mechanisms.
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Postoperative external pituitary radiation was used to treat the remaining 19 patients.
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Background: Neuroendocrinologic investigations in bipolar disorder have suggested abnormalities in pituitary function.
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The hair on the extremities varies a good deal with the pituitary.
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We speculate that dexamethasone causes secondary adrenal suppression at the hypothalamic-pituitary level.
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Contrarily, postnatal R treatment restored ERa and partially normalized LHβ pituitary levels.
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Genes of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis play a key role in male reproductive performance.
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By contrast, pituitary isografts were able to rescue the ductal elongation phenotype.
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Chronic dysregulation of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis activity is related to several stress-related disorders.
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