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Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a condition characterized by the passing of large quantities of extremely dilute urine. The basic defect in diabetes insipidus is the inability of the renal tubules to concentrate the urine. When the defect is caused by partial or complete absence of vasopressin, the term central diabetes insipidus is used to denote the disorder; when the defect results from resistance of the renal tubules to vasopressin, the condition is called nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Regardless of the mechanism, the consequences and clinical features are the same.
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Kannan, C.R. (1986). Diabetes Insipidus. In: Essential Endocrinology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1692-1_10
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