CHRONIC HYPOTHERMIA AND WATER-INTOXICATION ASSOCIATED WITH A NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE

Authors
CORBETT EL SISODIYA S SARKAR D
Citation
El. Corbett et al., CHRONIC HYPOTHERMIA AND WATER-INTOXICATION ASSOCIATED WITH A NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE, Postgraduate medical journal, 69(818), 1993, pp. 937-940
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
69
Issue
818
Year of publication
1993
Pages
937 - 940
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1993)69:818<937:CHAWAW>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We describe a 71 year old man with a neurodegenerative condition who d eveloped chronic inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion and hypo thermia resulting in recurrent episodes of impaired consciousness. Thi s combination of abnormalities is attributable to hypothalamic disease and has not to our knowledge been previously reported with clearly do cumented antidiuretic hormone excess.