In diabetes insipidus, a deficiency of which hormone causes clinical manifestations?
a. antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
b. follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
c. thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
d. adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
ANS: A
Diabetes insipidus is a transient or permanent metabolic disorder of the posterior pituitary in which ADH is deficient.
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