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Nephrogenic syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis: a novel disorder in water balance in pediatric patients.
The American journal of medicine - 1 Jul 2006
Gitelman Stephen E, Feldman Brian J, Rosenthal Stephen M
Abstract excerpt
The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) is a common cause of hyponatremia. We report findings in 2 unrelated male infants whose clinical presentation and laboratory findings were consistent with SIADH, but who exhibited unmeasurable arginine vasopressin (AVP) levels on repeated occasions. We hypothesized that these infants had a novel gain of function defect in the AVP-signaling...
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