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Unusual combination: polydipsia with hypernatremia in a schizophrenic patient
V E Lerner1, C Miodownik, I M Libov
1Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel. lernervl@yahoo.com
Objective:
The authors describe a patient with an unusual combination of polydipsia and isolated hypernatremia without any other changes of electrolytes. The patient had two attacks of hypernatremia which were successfully treated with clozapine. Some speculations about possible mechanisms of this unusual combination are discussed.
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