[Diabetes insipidus in infancy. I. Review (author's transl)]

Diabetes insipidus and its' treatment, are revised. New pathogenic concepts stressing the roll of osmoreceptors in its' etiological causes are explained. In the diagnosis, great importance is given to recently sistematized proof by Miller-Moses. This allows, to evaluate the grade of deficiency in vasopressin as well as new therapeutic possibilities, using differents drugs other from the classical "oily" solution of vasopressin.