High Copeptin Concentrations in Umbilical Cord Blood after Vaginal Delivery and Birth Acidosis
Author(s) -
Sven Wellmann,
Jörg Benzing,
G Cippa,
D Admaty,
R. Creutzfeldt,
Romaine Arlettaz,
Ernst Beinder,
Olav Lapaire,
Nils G. Morgenthaler,
U Haagen,
Gabor Szinnai,
Christoph Bührer,
Hans Ulrich Bucher
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2010-1331
Subject(s) - copeptin , medicine , umbilical cord , endocrinology , liter , vasopressin , venous blood , acidosis , immunology
The pituitary-secreted nonapeptide arginine-vasopressin (AVP) is unstable and therefore unsuited for diagnostic use, but its secretion can be estimated by measuring copeptin, the C-terminal portion of the AVP precursor (pro-AVP).
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