syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis
- syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis
- (SIAD) a disorder of sodium and water balance characterized by hyponatremia with hypovolemia and elevated urine osmolality in the absence of kidney disease; it may be caused by inappropriate secretion of vasopressin (s. of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone) or mutations affecting the ability of the renal collecting tubules to absorb water (nephrogenic s. of inappropriate antidiuresis).
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