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Polyuria associated with an antibody to vasopressin.
1. A patient with polyuria in whom diabetes insipidus had been diagnosed was treated with Pitressin. Resistance to this therapy developed after 18 months and a circulating antibody to vasopressin was then demonstrated. Withdrawal of therapy led to a fall in titre of the antibody and an increase in maximal urinary concentration. 2. The antibody to vasopressin was associated with the IgA fraction...
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Q1: What are the possible causes of thirst and polyuria in this woman? The two likely causes of thirst and polyuria in this patient are central diabetes insipidus secondary to previous pituitary surgery and hypercalcaemia. In our patient, a normal water deprivation test excluded central diabetes insipidus. Cranial surgery accounts for 20% cases of central diabetes insipidus in adults. After pit...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1925
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.3370.185