Penelope Trimpou, Daniel S. Olsson, Olof Ehn, Oskar Ragnarsson Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden Abstract OBJECTIVE: Diabetes insipidus (DI) and primary polydipsia (PP) are characterised by polyuria and polydipsia. It is crucial to differentiate between these two disorders since the treatment is different. Read More
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Anna Angelousi,1,2 Nikolaos Settas,2 Fabio R. Faucz,2 Charalampos Lyssikatos,2 Martha Quezado,3 Narjes Nasiri-Ansari,4 Constantine A. Stratakis,2 Eva Kassi1,4 11st Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; 2Section on Endocrinology & Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), National Insitutes of Health Read More
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Over the last few decades, worldwide average life expectancy has grown significantly and therefore the percentage of the elderly has correspondingly increased. As a result, clinical medicine has focused much interest on the latter age group and their health problems. During the 20th century, the typical elderly patient was a person with an acute or chronic disease but typically without any major disability…