"Growth Hormone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A polypeptide that is secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Growth hormone, also known as somatotropin, stimulates mitosis, cell differentiation and cell growth. Species-specific growth hormones have been synthesized.
| Descriptor ID |
D013006
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.631.525.425 D12.644.548.691.525.425
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| Concept/Terms |
Growth Hormone- Growth Hormone
- Pituitary Growth Hormone
- Somatotropin
- Growth Hormone, Pituitary
Growth Hormone, Recombinant- Growth Hormone, Recombinant
- Pituitary Growth Hormones, Recombinant
- Recombinant Pituitary Growth Hormones
- Recombinant Growth Hormones
- Growth Hormones, Recombinant
- Recombinant Growth Hormone
- Somatotropins, Recombinant
- Somatotropin, Recombinant
- Recombinant Somatotropin
- Growth Hormones Pituitary, Recombinant
- Recombinant Somatotropins
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A combination of 6 months of treatment with pyridostigmine and triweekly exercise fails to improve insulin-like growth factor-I levels in fibromyalgia, despite improvement in the acute growth hormone response to exercise. J Rheumatol. 2007 May; 34(5):1103-11.
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A controlled study on serum insulin-like growth factor-I and urinary excretion of growth hormone in fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol. 1995 Jun; 22(6):1138-40.