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Meanings of antidiuretic hormone in English

Portuguese
vasopressina
Catalan
vasopressina
Spanish
hormona antidiurética

Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules.

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        vasopressina

        A hormone produced by the hypothalamus and released by the posterior part of the pituitary gland (pars nervosa); stimulates the kidney to resorb more water.

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              Examples for "arginine vasopressin"
              Examples for "arginine vasopressin"
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              Copeptin is a sensitive and more stable surrogate marker for arginine vasopressin.
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              2
              The serum arginine vasopressin level was low for the serum osmolality.
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              3
              In this study, arginine vasopressin hypothalamic gene expression was studied in cirrhotic rats.
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              4
              The main cause of hyponatremia is nonosmotic secretion of arginine vasopressin with resultant electrolyte-free water retention.
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              5
              We report here the cloning of a complementary DNA encoding the hepatic V1a arginine vasopressin receptor.
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              Usage of antidiuretic hormone in English
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              Patients who lack this antidiuretic hormone suffer from central diabetes insipidus.
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              2
              A single E2078 administration reduced plasma antidiuretic hormone dose-dependently.
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              3
              The syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone seems to us to be a frequent complication of severe craniocerebral trauma.
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              4
              Surgical intervention, in the case of acute craniocerebral trauma, does not result in a higher frequency of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone.
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              5
              The hyponatremia caused by syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) was treated with normal saline and water restriction.
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              Despite the availability of effective therapies, most patients with syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion were discharged from the hospital still hyponatremic.
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              7
              Vasopressin is an antidiuretic hormone that regulates the amount of water in the body and the level of sodium in the blood.
              Reuters
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              A subgroup of patients with more rigorously defined syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion via measurement of relevant laboratory parameters was also analyzed.
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              9
              It's called Desmopressin nasal spray, a synthetic antidiuretic hormone that decreases the number of a child's wetting episodes in one to three nights.
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              10
              The failure to excrete electrolyte-free water that results from persistent secretion of antidiuretic hormone despite low serum osmolality usually underlies the development of hyponatremia.
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              11
              Other endocrine sequelae included 2 patients with permanent postoperative diabetes insipidus and 3 with transient symptomatic syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone.
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              12
              It suppresses the production of vasopressin, also known as Antidiuretic Hormone, which is why drinking makes you pee … and why it dehydrates you.
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              Translations for antidiuretic hormone
              Portuguese
              vasopressina
              Antidiuretic hormone across language varieties
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