β-cell tropin, a peptide of the pituitary pars intermedia which stimulates insulin release
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Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction - Diagnosis
Although the frequency of diagnosis and treatment of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) in horses has clearly increased over the past decade, there is no evidence that the prevalence of PPID is actually increasing. Increased recognition of the disease is likely a consequence of clients maintaining their horses to more advanced ages as well as improved health care (e.g., diet and denti...
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PPID in older equids has become a major health concern of horse owners. In response, equine practitioners have made greater efforts at understanding, diagnosing, and treating this disorder. Although PPID is recognized to be a different form of pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism than is seen in canine or human patients, relatively little is known about the pathophysiology and natural progr...
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Copyright ©NADIS 2017 Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID) is the correct term for the disease commonly known as Equine Cushing's Disease. The latter term is technically incorrect because it is now known that the disease is different from human Cushing's disease. It is a condition of older horses and typically develops in horses over 15 years of age although it can develop in younger an...
متن کاملHistological and histochemical studies on the rat pituitary pars intermedia.
Inspite of the recent progress in the endocrinology of the anterior pituitary, a specific part of the adenohypophysis which is in a close contact with the neurohypophysis, i.e., the pars intermedia, has been left in a state of incomplete understanding both in morphology and physiology. For example, early reports by ITANO (1936) and BAILLIF (1938) dealing with the rat pars intermedia, indicated ...
متن کاملPituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction: Challenges of Diagnosis and Treatment
Despite increased recognition of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) in horses, diagnosis and treatment of this disorder remains challenging. Hirsutism is the best clinical indicator of PPID, and currently, the overnight dexamethasone-suppression test is the most accepted and practical supportive endocrinologic laboratory test. Treatment success is best accomplished with a dopamine ago...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(80)80967-7