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Pituitary Disorders

Background

Pituitary disorders fall into the category of endocrine disease. The pituitary gland is situated beneath a part of the brain known as the hypothalamus. Together, the pituitary and hypothalamus regulate certain target organs and tissues, including the thyroid, adrenals and gonads, maintaining the body's delicate hormonal balance.

Although over forty thousand people in the UK are thought to suffer from pituitary disorders, many of the illnesses are little known outside specialist clinics.

What are the causes? View What are the causes?

Medical text last reviewed March 2004 by Dr J Webster, Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK.

 

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