Article
Clinical phenotype of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus in females heterozygous for a vasopressin type 2 receptor mutation.
Human genetics - 1 Jul 1995
van Lieburg A F, Verdijk M A, Schoute F, Ligtenberg M J, van Oost B A, Waldhauser F, Dobner M, Monnens L A, Knoers N V
Abstract excerpt
Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) usually shows an X-linked recessive mode of inheritance caused by mutations in the vasopressin type 2 receptor gene (AVPR2). In the present study, three NDI families are described in which females show clinical features resembling the phenotype in males. Maximal urine osmolality in three female patients did not exceed 200 mosmol/kg and the absence of extra-renal responses to...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Mapping
- Diabetes Insipidus, Nephrogenic
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Infant
