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DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302008000800011
Autosomal dominant familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (adFNDI) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by polyuria and polydipsia due to deficiency of arginine vasopressin (AVP). More than 50 mutations causing adFNDI have been already reported in the AVP gene. The aim of the present study is to analyze the AVP gene in four generations of one Brazilian kindred with adFNDI. The proband was a 31-year old female with huge hypotonic polyuria (10 L/day) dated from childhood. Molecular analysis included amplification […]
Keywords: Antidiuretic hormone; Arginine-vasopressin gene; AVP; diabetes insipidus; Familial diabetes insipidus; neurogenic; Posterior pituitary gland