Increased osmotic sensitivity for antidiuretic response in chronic chagas' disease

The osmotic threshold for attaining the antidiuretic response to hypertonic saline infusion and Progressive dehydration was studied in 31 patients with the chronic form of Chagas' disease and 16 control patients. The chagasic patients exhibited enhanced osmoticsensitivity to the antidiuretic re...

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Main Authors: Joel Paulo Russomano Veiga, Tatsuto Kimachi, Euclydes Custódio Lima Filho, Luiz Fernando Junqueira Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1985-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821985000200005