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

B Winzeler , N Cesana-Nigro , J Refardt , DR Vogt , C Imber , B Morin , M Popovic , M Steinmetz , CO Sailer , G Szinnai , I Chifu , M Fassnacht , M Christ-Crain

To read the full abstract: Lancet. 2019 Aug 17;394(10198):587–595. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31255-3.These authors previously described that the measurement of copeptin, a peptide cleaved in the posterior pituitary from the protein precursor of vasopressin and stable in circulation, is an accurate tool to diagnose diabetes insipidus (DI; vasopressin insufficiency). However, the...