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[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 kidney collecting duct. Recent genetic analysis demonstrated that mutations in vasopressin type 2 receptor and water...
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