Open AccessClose association of severe hyponatremia with exaggerated release of arginine vasopressin in elderly subjects with secondary adrenal insufficiency
Author(s) -
Tanoshi Yatagai,
Ikuyo Kusaka,
Tomoatsu Nakamura,
Shoichiro Nagasaka,
K. Honda,
Shun Ishibashi,
SE Ishikawa
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
european journal of endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1479-683X
pISSN - 0804-4643
DOI - 10.1530/eje.0.1480221
Subject(s) - hyponatremia , vasopressin , medicine , endocrinology , adrenal insufficiency , hypopituitarism , arginine , plasma osmolality , glucocorticoid , hydrocortisone , chemistry , amino acid , biochemistry
Hyponatremia occurs not infrequently in hypopituitarism. Arginine vasopressin (AVP)-induced impaired water excretion is found in patients with hypopituitarism and experimental models of glucocorticoid deficiency.
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