"Human Growth Hormone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 191-amino acid polypeptide hormone secreted by the human adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR), also known as GH or somatotropin. Synthetic growth hormone, termed somatropin, has replaced the natural form in therapeutic usage such as treatment of dwarfism in children with growth hormone deficiency.
| Descriptor ID |
D019382
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.631.525.425.875 D12.644.548.691.525.425.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Human Growth Hormone- Human Growth Hormone
- Growth Hormone, Human
- Somatotropin (Human)
- Somatropin (Human)
- hGH (Human Growth Hormone)
- Somatropin
Serostim- Serostim
- Serono Brand of Human Growth Hormone
Zomacton- Zomacton
- Ferring Brand of Human Growth Hormone
Cryo-Tropin- Cryo-Tropin
- Cryo Tropin
- CryoTropin
- Cryopharma Brand of Human Growth Hormone
Humatrope- Humatrope
- Umatrope
- Lilly Brand of Human Growth Hormone
- Eli Lilly Brand of Human Growth Hormone
- Irisfarma Brand of Human Growth Hormone
Maxomat- Maxomat
- Sanofi Synthelabo Brand of Human Growth Hormone
Norditropin- Norditropin
- Pisa Brand of Human Growth Hormone
- Novo Nordisk Brand of Human Growth Hormone
- Norditropin Simplexx
- Norditropine
Nutropin- Nutropin
- Hoffmann La-Roche Brand of Human Growth Hormone
- Hoffmann La Roche Brand of Human Growth Hormone
Omnitrope- Omnitrope
- Sandoz Brand of Human Growth Hormone
Saizen- Saizen
- Allphar Brand of Human Growth Hormone
Genotropin- Genotropin
- Pfizer Brand of Human Growth Hormone
- Genotonorm
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