title: Hypodipsic hypernatremia and hypertriglyceridemia associated with cleft lip and cleft palate: a new hypothalamic dysfunction syndrome?
abstract: We report on a 4-month-old girl with congenital hypodipsic hypernatremia resulting from decreased sensitivity of the hypothalamic osmoreceptors with increased tonicity in association with hyperlipemia and cleft lip and cleft palate. We postulate that the link among these various derangements is hypothalamic dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ben-Amitai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rachmel
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sivan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nitzan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steinherz
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip; D002972:Cleft Palate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000151:congenital*; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000151:congenital*; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000151:congenital*; D007223:Infant; D013577:Syndrome