[Clinical use of DDAVP in a case of familial hypothalamo-pituitary diabetes insipidus].
The effectiveness of 1-deamino-8-d-arginine-vasopressin (DDAVP) has been evaluated in a case of insipid hypothalamo-hypophyseal familial diabetes. The polyuric-poly-dipsic syndrome was well controlled and there were no notalbe side-effects. The advantages of this treatment in comparison with more traditional methods are underlined.
D000328:Adult; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System; D010375:Pedigree
D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin
Impiego clinico del DDAVP in un caso di diabete insipido ipotalamo-ipofisario familiare.