Diabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic |
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| Diabetes Insipidus, Central; Diabetes Insipidus, Neurohypophyseal; Diabetes Insipidus, Pituitary; Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus; Central Diabetes Insipidus; Neurohypophyseal Diabetes Insipidus; Pituitary Diabetes Insipidus | |
| A genetic or acquired polyuric disorder caused by a deficiency of VASOPRESSINS secreted by the NEUROHYPOPHYSIS. Clinical signs include the excretion of large volumes of dilute URINE; HYPERNATREMIA; THIRST; and polydipsia. Etiologies include HEAD TRAUMA; surgeries and diseases involving the HYPOTHALAMUS and the PITUITARY GLAND. This disorder may also be caused by mutations of genes such as ARVP encoding vasopressin and its corresponding neurophysin (NEUROPHYSINS). | |