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Caution during use of desmopressin in IPSS
  1. Francesca Pecori Giraldi1,2,
  2. Augusto B Federici2,3,
  3. Francesco Cavagnini1
  1. 1Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
  2. 2Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
  3. 3L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Francesca Pecori Giraldi, Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy; fpg{at}auxologico.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2012-010580

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    We read with great interest the paper by Dr Oklu and coworkers on the use of desmopressin during inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS) as an alternative to corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) for the diagnostic investigation of Cushing's disease.1 As the authors report, evidence collected in small series suggests that desmopressin achieves …

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    • Contributors All authors contributed equally.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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