Endocrine Abstracts

Isolated Central Diabetes Insipidus is a rare condition characterised by deficiency of arginine vasopressin (AVP) which presents with polyuria and polydipsia. The reported prevalence of diabetes insipidus is 1 in 25,000. The pathogenesis of central diabetes insipidus is often uncertain however the known causes can be divided into acquired, through trauma or vascular injury as well as infiltrative including malignancy, and congenital abnormalities which accounts for less than 1...