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Diabetes insipidus - central - Prevention

Alternative Names

Central diabetes insipidus

Prevention:

Many of the cases may not be preventable. Prompt treatment of infections, tumors, and injuries may reduce risk.

  • Reviewed last on: 7/28/2008
  • Robert Cooper, MD, Endocinology Specialist  and Chief of Medicine, Holyoke Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Bringhurst FR, Demay MB, Kronenberg HM. Disorders of Mineral Metabolism. In: Kronenberg HM, Schlomo M, Polansky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2008: chap. 27.

Robinson AG, Verbalis JG. Posterior Pituitary. In: Kronenberg HM, Schlomo M, Polansky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2008: chap. 9.

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