Fluorosis–a rare complication of diabetes insipidus.
May 1998
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Indian Pediatrics
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Mehta MN, Raghavan K, Gharpure VP, Shenoy R.
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35(5):463-7.
The familial pituitary or central diabetes insipidus (DI) is a relatively rare condition with variable onset, from birth to several years of age and variable severity within a family and in individuals over time(l). Severe dehydration and growth retardation, though rare are known compilations of DI. However, dental fluorosis as a complication of DI has been described in the literature only in three families(2,3). Further, severe crippling deformities due to skeletal fluorosis has not been report