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Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is a disorder in which a defect in the small tubes (tubules) in the kidneys causes a person to pass a large amount of urine. The tubules allow water to be removed from the body or reabsorbed. See also: Diabetes insipidus-central
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Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is a kidney disorder characterized by the organ ' s inability to respond to the antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also called arginine vasopressin (AVP), produced in the hypothalamus, a structure of the brain. NDI involves an abnormality in the kidney tubules which prevents the proper amount of water from being reabsorbed from the kidneys back into the body.
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Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is a kidney disorder characterized by the organ ' s inability to respond to the antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also called arginine vasopressin (AVP), produced in the hypothalamus, a structure of the brain. NDI involves an abnormality in the kidney tubules which prevents the proper amount of water from being reabsorbed from the kidneys back into the body.
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