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A novel mutation in the coding region for neurophysin-II is associated with autosomal dominant neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jan 1996
Rauch F, Lenzner C, Nürnberg P, Frömmel C, Vetter U
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OBJECTIVE: Autosomal dominant neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (ADNDI) is a rare cause of diabetes insipidus, in which AVP serum levels are insufficient. AVP is synthesized along with neurophysin-II (NPII) as an AVP-NPII precursor polypeptide in the hypothalamus. After proteolytic cleavage during axonal transport, AVP and NPII are reassembled and stored loosely bound to each other in the posterior pituitary...
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