Reduced Thirst after Water Deprivation in Healthy Elderly Men

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 311, Issue 12, 1984, Pages 753-759

  Phillips, Paddy A ^a,b,c   Rolls, Barbara J ^a,b,c   Ledingham, John G G ^a,b,c   Forsling, Mary L ^a,b,c   Morton, James J ^a,b,c   Crowe, Morgan J ^a,b,c   Wollner, Leopold ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; SERUM OSMOLALITY; THIRST; URINE OSMOLALITY; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0021179514     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198409203111202     Document Type: Article

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