Identification of genetic mutations in patients with familial central diabetes insipidus

Diabetes insipidus (DI) is associated with defects that involve the secretion and the action of hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP) resulting in the excretion of abnormally large volumes of diluted urine. The most common defect that results in disease development is the deficient secretion of the hor...

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Main Author: Francisco, Ângela Sofia Fernandes Alves (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/3266
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/3266