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• Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female) — Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for transgender and transsexual people replaces the hormones naturally occurring in their bodies with those of the other sex. However, not all cases of hormone replacement therapy are used by transgendered people …   Wikipedia

• Hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male) — Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for transgender and transsexual people replaces the hormones naturally occurring in their bodies with those of the other sex. However, not all cases of hormone replacement therapy are used by transgendered people …   Wikipedia

• Hormone replacement therapy (menopause) — Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a system of medical treatment for surgically menopausal, perimenopausal and to a lesser extent postmenopausal women. It is based on the idea that the treatment may prevent discomfort caused by diminished… …   Wikipedia

• Steroid diabetes — is a medical term referring to prolonged hyperglycemia due to glucocorticoid therapy for another medical condition. It is usually, but not always, a transient condition.The most common glucocorticoids which cause steroid diabetes are prednisone… …   Wikipedia

• steroid — /stear oyd, ster /, Biochem. n. 1. any of a large group of fat soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action. adj. 2. Also, steroidal /sti royd l, ste /. pertaining to or …   Universalium

• Steroid-17alpha-Hydroxylase — Vorhandene Strukturdaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• steroid psychosis and hallucinations —    The term steroid psychosis, or steroid induced psychosis, is used to denote a formof*psychosis mediated by the use of exogenous steroids. The name steroid comes from sterol (which refers to a compound of cholesterol). It is used to denote a… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Anabolic steroid — cite journal author=Grishkovskaya I, Avvakumov GV, Sklenar G, Dales D, Hammond GL, Muller YA title=Crystal structure of human sex hormone binding globulin: steroid transport by a laminin G like domain journal=EMBO J. volume=19 issue=4… …   Wikipedia

• Hormonal therapy (oncology) — Hormonal therapy is one of the major modalities of medical treatment for cancer, others being cytotoxic chemotherapy and targeted therapy (biotherapeutics). It involves the manipulation of the endocrine system through exogenous administration of… …   Wikipedia

• Growth hormone — HGH redirects here. For other uses, see HGH (disambiguation). Growth hormone 1 Growth hormone Identifiers Symbol GH1 …   Wikipedia

• Growth hormone treatment — Growth hormone (GH) is a protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary glands. GH is now produced by recombinant DNA technology, and… …   Wikipedia