Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Purpose of review In nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), the kidney is unable to concentrate urine despite elevated concentrations of the antidiuretic hormone arginine-vasopressin. In congenital NDI, polyuria and polydipsia are present from birth and should be immediately recognized to avoid severe episodes of dehydration ...
Bockenhauer, D, Bichet, DG
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Lithium treatment reduces the renal kallikrein excretion rate [PDF]
Lithium treatment reduces the renal kallikrein excretion rate. Lithium salts are widely used agents for the prophylactic treatment of affective disorders. Lithium salts may be associated with distal nephron dysfunction.
Albrecht+49 more
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Deep Learning Approach to Diabetic Retinopathy Detection [PDF]
Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most threatening complications of diabetes that leads to permanent blindness if left untreated. One of the essential challenges is early detection, which is very important for treatment success. Unfortunately, the exact identification of the diabetic retinopathy stage is notoriously tricky and requires expert human ...
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A Case of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis With a Neck Mass as the First Symptom
This article presents a case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis with a neck mass as the first symptom, summarizing the symptoms, signs, and imaging manifestations of the disease, in order to provide implications for the future clinical diagnosis and treatment of this disease..
Yuxin Xie+4 more
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Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus [PDF]
Body fluid homeostasis is essential for normal life. In the maintenance of water balance, the most important factor and regulated process is the excretory function of the kidneys. The kidneys are capable to compensate not only the daily fluctuations of water intake but also the consequences of fluid loss (respiration, perspiration, sweating, hemorrhage)
László Hunyady, András Balla
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Contextualizing guidelines for the health system of Cyprus: Experiences and lessons learnt
Abstract Background Cyprus is undergoing a major health reform with the recent establishment of the General Healthcare System (GHS). The GHS offers equal healthcare access through one primary insurer (Health Insurance Organization [HIO]) and benefits from a wide collaborative network of public and private healthcare providers.
Panayiotis Kouis+49 more
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Developmental hypomyelination in Wolfram syndrome: New insights from neuroimaging and gene expression analyses [PDF]
Wolfram syndrome is a rare multisystem disorder caused by mutations in WFS1 or CISD2 genes leading to brain structural abnormalities and neurological symptoms. These abnormalities appear in early stages of the disease.
Dougherty, Joseph+7 more
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Cyclin‐dependent kinase 13 is indispensable for normal mouse heart development
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common defect in live births. The role of cyclin‐dependent kinase (CDK13) in cardiogenesis and CHD was studied using a transgenic mouse model (Cdk13tm1b) carrying deletion of exons 3 and 4, causing loss of function.
Qazi Waheed‐Ullah+8 more
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Nutrition and ocular disease in an older Australian cohort : the Blue Mountains Eye Study [PDF]
Wolfram syndrome patients are mainly characterised by juvenile onset diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy. A synonym is the acronym DIDMOAD: diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness.
Cremers, C.W.R.J.+3 more
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Loss of function of WFS1 causes ER stress-mediated inflammation in pancreatic β-cells [PDF]
Wolfram syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus, optic nerve atrophy, hearing loss, diabetes insipidus, and progressive neurodegeneration.
Blacher, Lindsey+3 more
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