Urine Concentrating Capacity, Vasopressin and Copeptin in ADPKD and IgA Nephropathy Patients with Renal Impairment.

Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) patients have an impaired urine concentrating capacity. Increased circulating vasopressin (AVP) concentrations are supposed to play a role in the progression of ADPKD. We hypothesized that ADPKD patients have a more severely impaired urine concent...

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Main Authors: Debbie Zittema, Niek F Casteleijn, Stephan J L Bakker, Lianne S M Boesten, A A Margreeth Duit, Casper F M Franssen, Carlo A J M Gaillard, Ron T Gansevoort
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5231267?pdf=render