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Genetic forms of neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Sept 2020
Spiess Martin, Beuret Nicole, Rutishauser Jonas
Abstract excerpt
In the majority of cases, hereditary neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (DI) is a monogenic disorder caused by mutations in the AVP gene. Dominant transmission is by far the most common form. In these patients, symptoms develop gradually at various ages during childhood, progressing with complete penetrance to polyuria and polydipsia that is usually severe. In autosomal dominant neurohypophyseal DI (ADNDI), the...
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