Vasopressin serum levels in patients with severe brain lesions and in brain-dead patients
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Vasopressin serum levels in patients with severe brain lesions and in brain-dead patients.
INTRODUCTION Patients with severe brain lesions (SBL) and brain-dead patients (BD) frequently present with vasopressin (AVP) secretion disorders. OBJECTIVE To evaluate AVP serum levels in SBL and BD patients. DESIGN Prospective, open label, observational trial. SETTING A general teaching hospital. METHOD Three groups of adult subjects (age> 18y) of both sexes were included in this study...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2004000200007