An integrative physiological approach to polyuria and hyponatraemia: A 'double-take' on the diagnosis and therapy in a patient with schizophrenia

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 531-540

  Edoute, Y ^a   Davids, M R ^b   Johnston, C ^c   Halperin, Mitchell ^d  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CYSTYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; DESMOPRESSIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; NITROGEN; SODIUM; UREA; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; DEMYELINATION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DILUTION; DIURESIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMAGINATION; MALE; OSMOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINALYSIS; URINE FLOW RATE;

EID: 0038495086     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg089     Document Type: Article

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