Sodium.
Disorders of serum sodium are both the most common and probably most the poorly understood electrolyte disorders in clinical medicine. In the past few years increased knowledge about the non-osmotic release of vasopressin and the cloning of vasopressin receptors and of vasopressin-regulated water channels (AQP2) has enhanced our understanding of these disorders. Also controversies surrounding the treatment of hyponatraemic patients have led to well-accepted therapeutic guidelines.
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Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 80262, USA.
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D003919:Diabetes Insipidus; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia; D007010:Hyponatremia; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology
D012964:Sodium