Open AccessSexual Disparity of Copeptin in Healthy Newborn Infants
Author(s) -
MarieAnne Burckhardt,
Maike Wellmann,
Sotirios Fouzas,
Olav Lapaire,
Tilo Burkhardt,
Jörg Benzing,
Christoph Bührer,
Gabor Szinnai,
Sven Wellmann
Publication year - 2014
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.2014-2244
Subject(s) - copeptin , interquartile range , medicine , vasopressin , endocrinology , birth weight , acidosis , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Arginine vasopressin (AVP) regulates water balance and blood pressure and plays a role in social behavioral processes. Healthy adult men as compared with women have higher blood levels of AVP and its C-terminal precursor peptide, copeptin.
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