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ReviewReviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders2024

New insights on diagnosis and treatment of AVP deficiency.

Julie Refardt, Cihan Atila, Mirjam Christ-Crain

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Review in Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Fracture risks in patients with arginine vasopressin deficiency: a nationwide matched cohort study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  10. The endocrine spectrum of Rathke cleft cysts.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Julie RefardtDepartments of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland. julie.refardt@usb.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-3040-4685
Cihan AtilaDepartments of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5442-7304
Mirjam Christ-CrainDepartments of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6336-0965
University of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arginine vasopressin deficiency (AVP-D) is one of the main entities of the polyuria-polydipsia syndrome. Its correct diagnosis and differentiation from the other two causes - AVP resistance and primary polydipsia - is crucial as this determines the further management of these patients.Over the last years, several new diagnostic tests using copeptin, the stable surrogate marker of AVP, have been introduced. Among them, hypertonic saline stimulated copeptin was confirmed to reliably and safely improve the diagnostic accuracy to diagnose AVP-D. Due to its simplicity, arginine stimulated copeptin was put forward as alternative test procedure. Glucagon-stimulated copeptin also showed promising results, while the oral growth hormone secretagogue Macimorelin failed to provide a sufficient stimulus. Interestingly, an approach using machine learning techniques also showed promising results concerning diagnostic accuracy.Once AVP-D is diagnosed, further workup is needed to evaluate its etiology. This will partly define the further treatment and management. In general, treatment of AVP-D focuses on desmopressin substitution, with oral formulations currently showing the best tolerance and safety profile. However, in addition to desmopressin substitution, recent data also showed that psychopathological factors play an important role in managing AVP-D patients.

Indexed as

Arginine VasopressinDeamino Arginine VasopressinGlycopeptidesHumansPolydipsiaPolyuriaArginine VasopressincopeptinsDeamino Arginine VasopressinGlycopeptidesArginine stimulation testArginine vasopressinCopeptinDiabetes insipidusGlucagon stimulation testHypertonic saline stimulation testPolyuria polydipsia syndromePrimary polydipsia

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PMID38087160
PMCPMC11162367
OpenAlexW4389683858

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