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Dominant-negative diabetes insipidus and other endocrinopathies.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Dec 2003
Phillips John A
Abstract excerpt
Familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (FNDI) in humans is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by a variety of mutations in the arginine vasopressin (AVP) precursor. A new report demonstrates how heterozygosity for an AVP mutation causes FNDI (see the related article beginning on page 1697). Using an AVP knock-in mutation in mice, the study shows that FNDI is caused by retention of AVP precursors and...
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