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Direct Detection of the Acetate-forming Activity of the Enzyme Acetate Kinase
Published on: December 19, 2011
Desmopressin acetate for enuresis and diabetes insipidus
Ormella Cuomo1, Lucia Tafuro2, Roberto Del Gado3
1a University of Naples Federico II, Department of Neuroscience, Division of Pharmacology, Via Pansini 5, Naples, Italy. orcuomo@yahoo.it.
Abstract:
Desmopressin is a synthetic agonist of the natural pituitary hormone vasopressin acetate, with enhanced antidiuretic properties. In fact, owing to its selectivity for the V2 receptor, it has a greater antidiuretic activity, but lower pressure effects compared with natural antidiuretic hormone. Desmopressin is used in the diagnosis and treatment of cranial diabetes insipidus, in the treatment of monosymptomatic enuresis and for tests of renal function.
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