Endocrine Abstracts

Neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (DI) is said to be caused by familial forms in about 5% of cases1. Hereditary transmission is autosomal dominant in most families and is caused by a mutation in the arginine vasopressin (AVP) gene on chromosome 20p13, which encodes for a large precursor hormone.A 19-years old otherwise healthy patient seeked endocrine care for an inadequately treated DI. He reported about an undoubtful disease history with a...