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Gigantism

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Definition: The condition of accelerated and excessive GROWTH in children or adolescents who are exposed to excess HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE before the closure of EPIPHYSES. It is usually caused by somatotroph hyperplasia or a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA. These patients are of abnormally tall stature, more than 3 standard deviations above normal mean height for age.     
See Also Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome; Sotos Syndrome 		Other names Gigantism, Pituitary; Pituitary Gigantism
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome  0   *Arrhythmias, Cardiac *Gigantism *Heart Defects, Congenital *Intellectual Disability.

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