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Recurrent pregnancy-induced diabetes insipidus in a woman with hemochromatosis.
Endocrine journal - 1 Jan 2010
Krysiak Robert, Kobielusz-Gembala Iwona, Okopien Boguslaw
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes insipidus is a rare disorder in pregnant women, predating pregnancy or appearing for the first time during gestation. In pregnancy it usually affects women with HELLP syndrome or acute fatty liver of pregnancy and results from the reduced hepatic degradation of placental vasopressinase leading to its increased activity. Although infiltrative diseases have been found to cause diabetes insipidus in...
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