Changing the name of diabetes insipidus: a position statement of The Working Group for Renaming Diabetes Insipidus

• Published in: Endocrine Journal Vol. 69; no. 11; pp. 1281 - 1284
• Main Authors: The Working Group for Renaming Diabetes Insipidus, Arima, Hiroshi, Cheetham, Timothy, Christ-Crain, Mirjam, Cooper, Deborah, Gurnell, Mark, Drummond, Juliana B, Levy, Miles, McCormack, Ann I, Verbalis, Joseph, Newell-Price, John, Wass, John A H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kyoto The Japan Endocrine Society 01.01.2022; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Argipressin; Diabetes insipidus; Endocrinology; Pediatrics; Renaming; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Vasopressin

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.” (Juliet, from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare). Shakespeare’s implication is that a name is nothing but a word and it therefore represents a convention with no intrinsic meaning. Whilst this may be relevant...