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Diabetes insipidus and pregnancy
1Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, University of Gent, Belgium.
A case of a pregnant woman with diabetes insipidus is reported. The course of the pregnancy was uneventful except for a slightly increased need for vasopressin during the last trimester. Neurophysin levels increased at a rate similar to that seen in the normal pregnant state. The combination of normal neurophysin physiology and undisturbed spontaneous labor demonstrating normal oxytocin secretion suggests that there is a singular deficiency of antidiuretic hormone in essential diabetes insipidus.
A case of a pregnant woman with diabetes insipidus is reported. The course of the pregnancy was uneventful except for a slightly increased need for vasopressin during the last trimester. Neurophysin levels increased at a rate similar to that seen in the normal pregnant state. The combination of normal neurophysin physiology and undisturbed spontaneous labor demonstrating normal oxytocin secretion suggests that there is a singular deficiency of antidiuretic hormone in essential diabetes insipidus.