Treatment of neonatal diabetes insipidus with desmopressin.
We report a case of neurogenic diabetes insipidus in a premature infant. It was treated with desmopressin, which appears to be the drug of choice for the treatment of this disease in early infancy.
D000328:Adult; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male
D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin