Diabetes Insipidus With Deficient Thirst: Report of a Patient and Review of the Literature

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 851-859

  Mavrakis, Anastasios N ^a,b   Tritos, Nicholas A ^b,c  

^a ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipsia; deficient thirst; desmopressin; diabetes insipidus; hypernatremia

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; LISINOPRIL; LORATADINE;

ADIPSIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERTENSION; NAUSEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; POLYURIA; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; THIRST; VOMITING;

DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THIRST; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 43049104682     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.11.028     Document Type: Article

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