Hyponatremia
Researchers from University Hospital detail findings in hyponatremia
Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 15th, 2007
Scientists discuss in "Nephrogenic syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis in adults: high phenotypic variability in men and women from a large pedigree" new findings in hyponatremia. According to recent research from Brussels, Belgium, "Nephrogenic syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (NSIAD) is a recently described genetic cause of hyponatremia in male infants. Whether this X-linked condition could be detected in the adult or also could affect women is unknown."
"A large five-generation family was identified in which the recently described arginine-vasopressin receptor type 2 (AVPR2) mutation that is responsible for NSIAD was segregated. The proband was a 74-yr-old...
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