This finding suggests their approach could be tailored to generate specific cell types for patients with different types
of hypopituitarism.
Not exact matches
This research could have important implications for cancer survivors, given that
hypopituitarism is one
of the main causes
of poor quality
of life after brain radiation therapy.
Currently, patients with
hypopituitarism must take expensive, lifelong hormone replacement therapies that poorly mimic the body's complex patterns
of hormone secretion that fluctuates with circadian rhythms and responds to feedback from other organs.
They found that 12, or 44 percent,
of blast - concussed veterans had irregular hormone levels indicating an underactive pituitary gland — also known as
hypopituitarism.
Human stem cells successfully used to generate functional pituitary tissue capable
of secreting hormones when transplanted into rats with
hypopituitarism
Primary testicular failure Klinefelter syndrome Cryptorchidism Orchitis Trauma HIV / AIDS Myotonic muscular deficiency Retroperitoneal fibrosis Aging Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism Kallman syndrome Prader - Willi syndrome Idiopathic
hypopituitarism Pituitary tumors Suprasellar tumors Hemochromatosis Inflammatory, traumatic, vascular lesions
of pituitary and hypothalamus Obesity Severe chronic illnesses Medication Andropause
Pituitary gland issues, such as
hypopituitarism or hyperprolactinemia are also the possible cause
of low testosterone in women
Ventricular varicose veins, also known as
hypopituitarism, is a term for the decline
of the venous drainage function
of the venous system in the foot region leading to stagnation.
In dogs with congenital
hypopituitarism (pituitary dwarfism, see Juvenile - onset Panhypopituitarism), there may be variable degrees
of thyroidal, adrenocortical, and gonadal deficiency, but clinical signs are primarily related to growth hormone deficiency.