Autoimmune central diabetes insipidus in a patient with ureaplasma urealyticum infection and review on new triggers of immune response

Diabetes insipidus is a disease in which large volumes of dilute urine (polyuria) are excreted due to vasopressin (AVP) deficiency [central diabetes insipidus (CDI)] or to AVP resistance (nephrogenic diabetes insipidus). In the majority of patients, the occurrence of CDI is related to the destructio...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Murdaca, Rodolfo Russo, Francesca Spanò, Diego Ferone, Manuela Albertelli, Angelo Schenone, Miriam Contatore, Andrea Guastalla, Annamaria De Bellis, Giacomo Garibotto, Francesco Puppo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2015-08-01
Series:Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972015000600554&lng=en&tlng=en