Long-term gene therapy in the CNS: Reversal of hypothalamic diabetes insipidus in the Brattleboro rat by using an adenovirus expressing arginine vasopressin

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1402-1404

  Geddes, Brad J ^a   Harding, Tom C ^a   Lightman, Stafford L ^a   Uney, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FLUID BALANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DRINKING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROPHYSINS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031465261     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1297-1402     Document Type: Article

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