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Gigantism

Known as: giant, Gigantism, Pituitary, Gigantism [Disease/Finding] 
The condition of accelerated and excessive GROWTH in children or adolescents who are exposed to excess HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE before the closure of… 
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

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19 relations
AcromegalyAdenoma, AcidophilBeckwith-Wiedemann SyndromeGrowth Disorders

Broader (3)

Bone Diseases, DevelopmentalEndocrine System DiseasesHyperpituitarism

Narrower (1)

SIMPSON-GOLABI-BEHMEL SYNDROME, TYPE 1

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
CHEMICAL CARTOGRAPHY WITH APOGEE: METALLICITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS AND THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF THE MILKY WAY DISK
Using a sample of 69,919 red giants from the SDSS-III/APOGEE Data Release 12, we measure the distribution of stars in the [α/Fe… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Rapid growth of gas-giant cores by pebble accretion
The observed lifetimes of gaseous protoplanetary discs place strong constraints on gas and ice giant formation in the core… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Spatial ability and STEM: A sleeping giant for talent identification and development
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Emerging Giants: Building World-Class Companies in Developing Countries
Western, Japanese, and South Korean companies appear to hold near-insurmountable advantages over businesses in newly… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Gigantism and comparative life-history parameters of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs
How evolutionary changes in body size are brought about by variance in developmental timing and/or growth rates (also known as… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Formation of Giant Planets
This is a descriptive and non-mathematical summary of giant planet formation theories. There are two end-member models, core… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Evidence for interstellar SiC in the Murray carbonaceous meteorite
Silicon carbide has been observed in the interstellar medium and in circumstellar shells. Although it might be expected to occur… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The chemical composition of carbon stars. I. Carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen in 30 cool carbon stars in the Galactic disk
The chemical compositions of 30 Galactic carbon stars are determined from high-resolution infrared (1.5-2.5 ¡im) spectra and new… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Dramatic growth of mice that develop from eggs microinjected with metallothionein–growth hormone fusion genes
A DNA fragment containing the promoter of the mouse metallothionein-I gene fused to the structural gene of rat growth hormone was… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The organization of escape behaviour in the crayfish.
1. Examination of escape behaviour in freely moving animals with chronically implanted nerve cord electrodes has clarified the… 
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