more than 100 well-defined bone-growth disorders cause dwarfism and another 100 appear very rarely, said Scott. About 10,000 of the little people-called hypopituitary dwarfs-are short because they ...

Tumours mainly cause hypopituitarism in humans ... evidenced in affected dogs as dwarfism and coat abnormalities. A gene test developed based on the findings supports diagnostics and a breeding ...

When transplanted into rats with hypopituitarism -- a disease linked to dwarfism and premature aging in humans -- the lab-grown pituitary cells promoted normal hormone release. Researchers have ...

Introduction. Patients with hypopituitarism have a shorter survival period and premature mortality due to cardiovascular complications. Objectives. The aim of our study was to evaluate the arterial ...

Hypopituitarism in infancy is associated with hypoglycemia, which has been attributed to enhanced utilization of glucose because of decreased availability of FFA and ketones. To test this ...