Changing the diagnostic approach to diabetes insipidus: role of copeptin

Anna Grandone¹, Pierluigi Marzuillo¹, Giuseppa Patti^{2

3}, Silverio Perrotta¹, Mohamad Maghnie^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Woman, Child and of General and Specialized Surgery, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Luigi De Crecchio 2, 80138, Napoli, Italy.
² Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
³ Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health University of Genova, Genova, Italy.

Editorial

Anna Grandone et al. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;7(Suppl 8):S285.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.11.80.

Anna Grandone¹, Pierluigi Marzuillo¹, Giuseppa Patti^{2

3}, Silverio Perrotta¹, Mohamad Maghnie^{2

3}

¹ Department of Woman, Child and of General and Specialized Surgery, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Luigi De Crecchio 2, 80138, Napoli, Italy.
² Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
³ Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health University of Genova, Genova, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Arginine-stimulated copeptin measurements in the differential diagnosis of diabetes insipidus: a prospective diagnostic study.
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