Gestational Diabetes Insipidus: A Review of an Underdiagnosed Condition

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-231

  Aleksandrov, Nikolay ^a   Audibert, François ^a,b   Bedard, Marie Josée ^a,c   Mahone, Michèle ^a,c   Goffinet, François ^d,e   Kadoch, Isaac Jacques ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Diabetes insipidus; Pregnancy; Vasopressinase

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; ANTIDIURETIC AGENT; ARGIPRESSIN[1 DEAMINO]; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OSMOLARITY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYURIA; PREGNANCY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WATER METABOLISM; BODY WATER; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PUERPERAL DISORDER; REVIEW;

ANTIDIURETIC AGENTS; BODY WATER; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 77954903263     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34448-6     Document Type: Article

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