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Familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus associated with a signal peptide mutation.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Sept 1993
McLeod J F, Kovács L, Gaskill M B, Rittig S, Bradley G S, Robertson G L
Abstract excerpt
We studied the pathophysiology, natural history, and genetic basis of familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (FNDI) in a caucasian kindred. Twelve members had polyuria and a deficiency of plasma vasopressin (AVP), which progressed in severity over time. Another had normal urine volumes and plasma AVP when first tested at age 3 yr, but developed severe FNDI a year later. For unknown reasons, one man had a...
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