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Background Symptomatic pituitary metastasis is rare; furthermore, it can result in diabetes insipidus and panhypopituitarism. Since diabetes insipidus is masked by concurrent panhypopituitarism, it can impede the diagnosis of pituitary dysfunction.
Hiroaki Hashimoto +5 more
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Fibrillar aggregations of pathogenic pro-vasopressin mutants [PDF]
Diabetes insipidus is a disregulation of water homeostasis characterized by large fluid turnover in the kidney. Water homeostasis is regulated by the hormone vasopressin by increasing reapsorption of water in the renal collecting duct. Autosomal dominant
Birk, Julia
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Background. Central diabetes insipidus is characterized by the inability of the kidneys to reabsorb water and concentrate urine, which is due to the defect in the synthesis or secretion of vasopressin and is manifested by severe thirst and excretion of ...
Yu.M. Urmanova, D.I. Khamraeva
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Clinical characteristics of central diabetes insipidus in Taiwanese children [PDF]
Background/Purpose: Data on the clinical features of children with central diabetes insipidus (CDI) are lacking in Taiwan. This study investigated the clinical manifestations and etiology of CDI in Taiwanese children.
Liu, Shih-Yao;Tung, Yi-Ching;Lee, Cheng-Ting;Liu, Hon-Man;Peng, Shinn-Forng;Wu, Mu-Zon;Kuo, Meng-Fai;Tsai, Wen-Yu +1 more
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Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a disorder characterized by a high hypotonic urinary output of more than 50ml per kg body weight per 24 hours, with associated polydipsia of more than 3 liters a day [1,2]. Central DI results from inadequate secretion and usually deficient synthesis of Arginine vasopressin (AVP) in the hypothalamus or pituitary gland. Besides
Mirjam Christ-Crain, Odile Gaisl
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Autosomal dominant familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus caused by a mutation in the arginine-vasopressin II gene in four generations of a Korean family [PDF]
Autosomal dominant neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus is a rare form of central diabetes insipidus that is caused by mutations in the vasopressin-neurophysin II (AVP-NPII) gene.
Myo-Jing Kim +3 more
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Diabetes insipidus: Overview [PDF]
Diabetes insipidus is mainly characterized by polyuria, urinary volume over 3 L/day or 40mL/kg/day in adults, leading to subsequent polydipsia; these features are also present in most cases of diabetes mellitus.
Seema Sharma, Karam Singh
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Diabetes insipidus in pregnancy [PDF]
Key content There are various types of diabetes insipidus that occur due to different pathology that occurs outside of, during, and as a result of pregnancy.
Cliff Shelton +7 more
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Pituitary macroadenoma: A case of balanced deficiencies
Introduction: We present a patient with a non-functional pituitary macroadenoma who developed diabetes insipidus after initiation of thyroid hormone and cortisol replacement for central hypothyroidism and adrenal insufficiency.
Robert D. Leimbach +2 more
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EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES INSIPIDUS. [PDF]
Diabetes Insipidus is caused by a lack of antidiuretic hormone or ADH or a lack of response to antidiuretic hormone. The antidiuretic hormone acts on the collecting ducts in the kidneys and allows them to reabsorb water from the urine; having diabetes ...
Dr Awais Nazir Tarar, Dr Muhammad Ahmad Rauf. ,Dr Wajiha Kiran Awan.
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