1. Oral desmopressin in neonatal diabetes insipidus
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P R Betts and S M Stick
- Subjects
Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Neonatal diabetes ,Administration, Oral ,Nasal route ,Oral route ,Humans ,Medicine ,Deamino Arginine Vasopressin ,Vasopressin deficiency ,Desmopressin ,business.industry ,Midline cleft lip ,Infant, Newborn ,medicine.disease ,Infant newborn ,stomatognathic diseases ,Anesthesia ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Diabetes insipidus ,Female ,business ,Diabetes Insipidus ,hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists ,Research Article ,medicine.drug - Abstract
A neonate with cranial diabetes insipidus was successfully treated with oral desmopressin. The patient had a midline cleft lip and palate and we obtained a more consistent response using the oral route than using the usual nasal route.
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- 1987
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