Differential diagnosis and pathophysiology of diabetes insipidus.

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Differential diagnosis of diabetes insipidus has been discussed in this paper in terms of pathophysiological aspects. Three points are emphasized: (1) we should include dipsogenic D.I. as one form of diabetes insipidus; (2) the water deprivation test is inconclusive in approximately 25% of patients, where the main difficulty is to distinguish between partial neurogenic D.I. and dipsogenic D.I.; and (3) this...

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