"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
- hGH (Human Growth Hormone)
- Somatropin (Human)
- Somatotropin (Human)
- Somatropin
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Human Growth Hormone" by people in Profiles.
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Relation between insulin growth factor 1 and survival after SARS-CoV-2(COVID 19) infection in elderly kidney transplant recipients. Ren Fail. 2021 12; 43(1):388-390.
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Covid-19 and Growth Hormone/Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1: Study in Critically and Non-Critically Ill Patients. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021; 12:644055.
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Individuals with isolated congenital GH deficiency due to a GHRH receptor gene mutation appear to cope better with SARS-CoV-2 infection than controls. Endocrine. 2021 05; 72(2):349-355.
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Growth hormone deficiency, acromegaly and COVID-19: Transitioning from media reports to knowledge and a growth hormone hypothesis. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2021 02; 56:101363.
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A Suggested Role of Human Growth Hormone in Control of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020; 11:569633.
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Growth hormone therapy at the time of Covid-19 pandemic: adherence and drug supply issues. Eur J Endocrinol. 2020 Oct; 183(4):L13-L15.
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Is Growth Hormone Insufficiency the Missing Link Between Obesity, Male Gender, Age, and COVID-19 Severity? Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 11; 28(11):2038-2039.
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Letter to the Editor: "COVID-19 and the endocrine system: exploring the unexplored". Focus on acromegaly. J Endocrinol Invest. 2021 03; 44(3):637-638.
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Endocrinology in the time of COVID-19: Management of pituitary tumours. Eur J Endocrinol. 2020 Jul; 183(1):G17-G23.
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Practical tools to identify short children born small-for-gestational-age eligible for rhGH treatment according to Italian regulation. Ital J Pediatr. 2019 Oct 21; 45(1):130.