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Increased pituitary weight produced by stilbestrol in intact and castrated rats. 1959

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UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010900	Pituitary Diseases	Disorders involving either the ADENOHYPOPHYSIS or the NEUROHYPOPHYSIS. These diseases usually manifest as hypersecretion or hyposecretion of PITUITARY HORMONES. Neoplastic pituitary masses can also cause compression of the OPTIC CHIASM and other adjacent structures.	Adenohypophyseal Diseases,Hypophyseal Disorders,Neurohypophyseal Diseases,Anterior Pituitary Diseases,Pituitary Disorders,Pituitary Gland Diseases,Posterior Pituitary Diseases,Adenohypophyseal Disease,Anterior Pituitary Disease,Disease, Adenohypophyseal,Disease, Anterior Pituitary,Disease, Neurohypophyseal,Disease, Pituitary,Disease, Pituitary Gland,Disease, Posterior Pituitary,Diseases, Adenohypophyseal,Diseases, Anterior Pituitary,Diseases, Neurohypophyseal,Diseases, Pituitary,Diseases, Pituitary Gland,Diseases, Posterior Pituitary,Disorder, Hypophyseal,Disorder, Pituitary,Disorders, Hypophyseal,Disorders, Pituitary,Hypophyseal Disorder,Neurohypophyseal Disease,Pituitary Disease,Pituitary Disease, Anterior,Pituitary Disease, Posterior,Pituitary Diseases, Anterior,Pituitary Diseases, Posterior,Pituitary Disorder,Pituitary Gland Disease,Posterior Pituitary Disease
D010902	Pituitary Gland	A small, unpaired gland situated in the SELLA TURCICA. It is connected to the HYPOTHALAMUS by a short stalk which is called the INFUNDIBULUM.	Hypophysis,Hypothalamus, Infundibular,Infundibular Stalk,Infundibular Stem,Infundibulum (Hypophysis),Infundibulum, Hypophyseal,Pituitary Stalk,Hypophyseal Infundibulum,Hypophyseal Stalk,Hypophysis Cerebri,Infundibulum,Cerebri, Hypophysis,Cerebrus, Hypophysis,Gland, Pituitary,Glands, Pituitary,Hypophyseal Stalks,Hypophyses,Hypophysis Cerebrus,Infundibular Hypothalamus,Infundibular Stalks,Infundibulums,Pituitary Glands,Pituitary Stalks,Stalk, Hypophyseal,Stalk, Infundibular,Stalks, Hypophyseal,Stalks, Infundibular
D004054	Diethylstilbestrol	A synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen used in the treatment of menopausal and postmenopausal disorders. It was also used formerly as a growth promoter in animals. According to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP 85-002, 1985), diethylstilbestrol has been listed as a known carcinogen. (Merck, 11th ed)	Stilbestrol,Agostilben,Apstil,Diethylstilbestrol, (Z)-Isomer,Diethylstilbestrol, Disodium Salt,Distilbène,Stilbene Estrogen,Tampovagan,Estrogen, Stilbene
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D015430	Weight Gain	Increase in BODY WEIGHT over existing weight.	Gain, Weight,Gains, Weight,Weight Gains
D051381	Rats	The common name for the genus Rattus.	Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus