NCIt definition : Diabetes insipidus caused by insensitivity of the kidneys to antidiuretic hormone.;
Alternative definition : NICHD: Diabetes insipidus caused by insensitivity of the kidneys to antidiuretic hormone
(vasopressin), which is caused by mutation(s) in the AVPR2 gene, encoding the vasopressin
V2 receptor (antidiuretic hormone receptor), or by mutation(s) in the AQP2 gene, encoding
aquaporin-2. Inheritance may by X-linked (AVPR2) or autosomal dominant or recessive
(AQP2).;