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Side effects of drug therapy can develop. In severe illness, failing to take extra corticosteroids can be life-threatening.
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The prognosis for most patients with hypopituitarism is excellent. As long as therapy is continued, many experience normal life spans. However, hypopituitarism is usually a permanent condition and prognosis depends on the primary cause of the diso...
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The prognosis for most patients with hypopituitarism is positive. As long as therapy is continued, many experience normal life spans. However, hypopituitarism is usually a permanent condition, and prognosis depends on the primary cause of the diso...
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Delayed growth involves poor or abnormally slow gain in weight, height, or both, in a child younger than 5 years old.
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Infertility is the inability to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months of unprotected intercourse.
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Infertility is the failure of a couple to conceive a pregnancy after trying to do so for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
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Infertility is the failure of a couple to conceive a pregnancy after trying to do so for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
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Infertility is the failure to conceive a pregnancy after attempting for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
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Unintentional weight loss is a decrease in body weight that is not voluntary. Weight loss will occur with decreased food intake, increased metabolism , or both. See also intentional weight loss .
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Weight loss is a reduction in body mass characterized by a loss of adipose tissue (body fat) and skeletal muscle. Unintentional weight loss is the most common symptom of cancer and often a side effect of cancer treatments.
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