Cushing's disease
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Cushing's disease is an endocrine disorder characterized by excessive cortisol production, usually caused by a pituitary tumor secreting adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cushing's disease canonical | 1 |
| Cushing's syndrome | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12590635 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cushing's disease Context triple: [Harvey Cushing, knownFor, Cushing's disease]
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A.
Cushing
Cushing is a surname most notably associated with American jurist and Squaw Valley Ski Resort founder Alexander Cushing, as well as a prominent New England family with historical influence in law and politics.
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B.
Vrolik syndrome
Vrolik syndrome, also known as osteogenesis imperfecta type II, is a severe genetic disorder characterized by extremely fragile bones that fracture easily, often leading to perinatal lethality.
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C.
Graves disease
Graves disease is an autoimmune disorder that causes hyperthyroidism, leading to symptoms such as weight loss, heat intolerance, goiter, and characteristic eye manifestations.
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D.
Mellitus
Mellitus was an early 7th-century Christian missionary and the first Bishop of London, later serving as Archbishop of Canterbury in Anglo-Saxon England.
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Bright's disease
Bright's disease is a historical term for a group of kidney disorders, primarily chronic nephritis, characterized by inflammation and degeneration of the kidneys leading to protein in the urine, edema, and often fatal kidney failure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cushing's disease Target entity description: Cushing's disease is an endocrine disorder characterized by excessive cortisol production, usually caused by a pituitary tumor secreting adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).
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A.
Cushing
Cushing is a surname most notably associated with American jurist and Squaw Valley Ski Resort founder Alexander Cushing, as well as a prominent New England family with historical influence in law and politics.
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B.
Vrolik syndrome
Vrolik syndrome, also known as osteogenesis imperfecta type II, is a severe genetic disorder characterized by extremely fragile bones that fracture easily, often leading to perinatal lethality.
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C.
Graves disease
Graves disease is an autoimmune disorder that causes hyperthyroidism, leading to symptoms such as weight loss, heat intolerance, goiter, and characteristic eye manifestations.
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D.
Mellitus
Mellitus was an early 7th-century Christian missionary and the first Bishop of London, later serving as Archbishop of Canterbury in Anglo-Saxon England.
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E.
Bright's disease
Bright's disease is a historical term for a group of kidney disorders, primarily chronic nephritis, characterized by inflammation and degeneration of the kidneys leading to protein in the urine, edema, and often fatal kidney failure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cushing's syndrome