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Descriptor English:   Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion 
Descriptor Spanish:   Hipersecreción de la Hormona Adrenocorticotrópica Pituitaria (HACT) 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Hipersecreção Hipofisária de ACTH 
Synonyms English:   Cushing Disease
Inappropriate ACTH Secretion Syndrome
Inappropriate Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Secretion  
Tree Number:   C10.228.140.617.738.250.725
C19.700.355.800
Definition English:   A disease of the PITUITARY GLAND characterized by the excess amount of ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE secreted. This leads to hypersecretion of cortisol (HYDROCORTISONE) by the ADRENAL GLANDS resulting in CUSHING SYNDROME. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not confuse X ref CUSHING DISEASE with CUSHING SYNDROME
See Related English:   Cushing Syndrome
 
History Note English:   2005; for INAPPROPRIATE ACTH SECRETION SYNDROME use HYPERPITUITARISM 2000-2004 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
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metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   38634 
Unique Identifier:   D047748 

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