Human Growth Hormone
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.
Year introduced: 2003 (1997)
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Tree Number(s): D06.472.699.631.525.425.875, D12.644.548.691.525.425.875
MeSH Unique ID: D019382
Registry Number: 12629-01-5
Entry Terms:
- Growth Hormone, Human
- Somatotropin (Human)
- Somatropin
- Somatropin (Human)
- hGH (Human Growth Hormone)
- Humatrope
- Umatrope
- Genotropin
- Genotonorm
- Norditropin
- Norditropine
- Norditropin Simplexx
- Saizen
- Nutropin
- Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (Mammalian)
- r-hGH(m)
- r-hGH-M
- Maxomat
- Zomacton
- Cryo-Tropin
- CryoTropin
- Cryo Tropin
- Omnitrope
- Serostim
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