[Vasopressin type 2 receptor mutations in congenital diabetes insipidus].

Article

[Vasopressin type 2 receptor mutations in congenital diabetes insipidus].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Jul 1998

Tsukaguchi H, Matsubara H, Inada M

Abstract excerpt

Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is a rare inherited disorder, which is characterized by the inability of the kidney to concentrate urine due to unresponsiveness to antiduretic hormone arginine vasopressin. Defects must be present somewhere in a vasopressin signal transduction pathway in...

Topics

Animals
Aquaporin 2
Aquaporin 6
Aquaporins
Diabetes Insipidus
Female
Genes, Recessive
Genetic Carrier Screening
Humans
Male
Mutation
Receptors, Vasopressin

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