THYROID-PITUITARY RELATIONSHIP IN DIABETES INSIPIDUS
Authors: Thomas Findley
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 November 1937THYROID-PITUITARY RELATIONSHIP IN DIABETES INSIPIDUSTHOMAS FINDLEY JR., M.D.THOMAS FINDLEY JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-5-701 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough it has long seemed reasonable to attribute diabetes insipidus to hypofunction of the posterior pituitary it has, until recently, been difficult to understand why lesions limited to the hypothalamus can establish the condition and why on the other hand experimental hypophysectomy does not. The modern theory of diabetes insipidus, as expressed by Ranson and his collaborators whose own brilliant researches1-9have contributed so much to its conception, goes far toward reconciling such inconsistencies as these and provides at least a working hypothesis susceptible of experimental and clinical demonstration. 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