A case of central diabetes insipidus due to neurophysin II gene abnormality diagnosed based on a family history of nocturnal enuresis.

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The etiology of central diabetes insipidus (DI) is classified into (1) idiopathic, (2) familial, and (3) secondary. Of these, familial central diabetes insipidus shows an autosomal dominant inheritance. We herein report a case in which this disease was diagnosed based on a family history of nocturnal enuresis. A 40-year-old man had had symptoms of polydipsia, polyuria and nocturia since childhood and found that...

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• Arginine Vasopressin
• Child
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Mutation
• Neurophysins