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pheochromocytoma
pheochromocytoma
Pheochromocytoma, tumour, most often nonmalignant, that causes abnormally high blood pressure (hypertension) because of hypersecretion of substances known as catecholamines (epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine). Usually the tumour is in the medullary cells of the adrenal gland; however, it…
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Turner syndrome
growth hormone
hypothyroidism
testis
Graves disease
osteoporosis
hypothalamus
adrenal gland
Klinefelter syndrome
Hashimoto disease
hypoglycemia
testosterone
hyperthyroidism
secretin
prostaglandin
somatostatin
Paget disease of bone
congenital adrenal hyperplasia
pancreas
precocious puberty
hyperparathyroidism
insulin
goitre
prolactin
menopause
hyperglycemia
vasopressin
ovary
gestational diabetes mellitus
hyperaldosteronism
parathyroid gland
oligomenorrhea
gonadotropin
gonadotropin-releasing hormone
vasoactive intestinal polypeptide
insulin-like growth factor
growth hormone-releasing hormone
multiple endocrine neoplasia
hypoparathyroidism
human endocrine system
ghrelin
sexual differentiation
metabolic bone disease
thyroid function test
thyroid tumour
medullary thyroid carcinoma
pituitary tumour
pseudohermaphroditism
pineal tumour
hypoaldosteronism
thyrotropin-releasing hormone
hypopituitarism
polyglandular autoimmune syndrome
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