Human Growth Hormone

"Human Growth Hormone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	D06.472.699.631.525.425.875 D12.644.548.691.525.425.875
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 Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (Mammalian) Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (Mammalian) r-hGH-M r-hGH(m) 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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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06]
Hormones [D06.472]
Peptide Hormones [D06.472.699]
Pituitary Hormones [D06.472.699.631]
Pituitary Hormones, Anterior [D06.472.699.631.525]
Growth Hormone [D06.472.699.631.525.425]
Human Growth Hormone [D06.472.699.631.525.425.875]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Peptides [D12.644]
Peptide Hormones [D12.644.548]
Pituitary Hormones [D12.644.548.691]
Pituitary Hormones, Anterior [D12.644.548.691.525]
Growth Hormone [D12.644.548.691.525.425]
Human Growth Hormone [D12.644.548.691.525.425.875]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2005	1	0	1
2011	0	1	1

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