How Hypokalemia Causes Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
Clinical presentation and follow up of 30 patients with congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
How hypokalemia causes nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Talk to our chatbot to narrow down your search. Hypokalemia as well as hypercalcemia can cause nephrogenic di due to decreased expression of aquaporin 2 channels. Causes of reversible nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. J am soc nephrol 1999.
Adh is produced in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. It s stored in the pituitary gland. Am j kidney dis 2005. Hypercalcaemia a condition where there s too much calcium in the blood high calcium levels can damage the kidneys hypokalemia a condition where there s not enough potassium in the blood all the cells in the body including kidney cells require potassium to function properly.
Garofeanu cg weir m rosas arellano mp et al. One of the renal impairments caused by hypokalemia is a reduction in urinary concentrating ability and a lack of response to the antidiuretic hormone arginine vasopressin avp resulting in. Possible causes include conn syndrome. Van lieburg af knoers nv monnens la.
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