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AVP-NPII gene mutations and clinical characteristics of the patients with autosomal dominant familial central diabetes insipidus.
Pituitary - 1 Dec 2015
Turkkahraman Doga, Saglar Emel, Karaduman Tugce, Mergen Hatice
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial central diabetes insipidus (DI), usually an autosomal dominant disorder, is caused by mutations in arginine vasopressin-neurophysin II (AVP-NPII) gene that leads to aberrant preprohormone processing and gradual destruction of AVP-secreting cells. OBJECTIVE: To determine clinical and molecular characteristics of patients with familial central DI from two different Turkish families. MATERIALS...
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