Copeptin, a fragment of the arginine vasopressin prohormone can help distinguish diabetes insipidus from primary polydipsia, reports a new study. Distinguishing between diabetes insipidus and primary ...
A blood test for copeptin, a precursor of antidiuretic hormone (ADH, vasopressin), differentiates between "harmless" polydipsia-polyuria and diabetes insipidus more quickly and accurately than a ...
Distinguishing between arginine vasopressin (AVP) deficiency and primary polydipsia is challenging. Hypertonic saline–stimulated copeptin has been used to diagnose AVP deficiency with high accuracy ...
The levels of copeptin in the circulation correlate with those of arginine vasopressin (AVP) Currently available techniques for the measurement of copeptin have advantages over those for AVP in terms ...
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