The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 461.e11-461.e17 , May 2007

Hyponatremia in Marathon Runners due to Inappropriate Arginine Vasopressin Secretion

  • Arthur J. Siegel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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  • Joseph G. Verbalis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Stephen Clement, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
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  • Jack H. Mendelson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Nancy K. Mello, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Marvin Adner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Metrowest Medical Center, Framingham, Mass
    • ,
  • Terry Shirey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nova Biomedical Inc, Waltham, Mass
    • ,
  • Julie Glowacki, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Lee-Lewandrowski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Kent B. Lewandrowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Metrowest Medical Center, Framingham, Mass
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Kent B. Lewandrowski, MD, Clinical Chemistry, Gray 5, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114.

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 Supported in part by grants KO5-DA00064, KO5-DA00101, and POI-DA14528 from National Institute on Drug Abuse, and by grant M01-RR 020359 from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0002-9343(07)00167-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.10.027

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 461.e11-461.e17 , May 2007

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