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Nocturnal polyuria in the elderly person
1Department of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Exercise Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
|October 23, 1997
Abstract:
Aging often disturbs the normal circadian rhythm of urine production. The nocturia commonly seen with aging may result from the loss of nighttime vasopressin production or release that develops by childhood. Restoring the nocturnal increase in vasopressin can have a dramatic clinical response: improved quality of life and less risk of nighttime falls in carefully selected and accurately diagnosed patients.