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A 191-amino acid polypeptide hormone secreted by the human adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR), also known as GH or somatotropin. Synthetic growth hormone, termed somatropin, has replaced the natural form in therapeutic usage such as treatment of dwarfism in children with growth hormone deficiency.

Also Known As:

Saizen; Somatropin; Humatrope; Nutropin; Serostim; Growth Hormone, Human; Cryo-Tropin; Genotonorm; Genotropin; Maxomat; Norditropin; Norditropin Simplexx; Norditropine; Omnitrope; Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (Mammalian); Umatrope; Zomacton; hGH (Human Growth Hormone); r-hGH(m); r-hGH-M; Cryo Tropin; CryoTropin; Somatotropin (Human); Somatropin (Human)

Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
- Hormones: 80400
  - Peptide Hormones: 1347
    - Pituitary Hormones: 601
      - Anterior Pituitary Hormones: 187
        Growth Hormone: 14884
        Human Growth Hormone: 1767
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins: 1
- Peptides: 82426
  - Peptide Hormones: 1347
    - Pituitary Hormones: 601
      - Anterior Pituitary Hormones: 187
        Growth Hormone: 14884
        Human Growth Hormone: 1767

NNC0195-0092

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