WFS1 mutations in Spanish patients with diabetes mellitus and deafness.

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Wolfram syndrome (WS) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by early onset diabetes mellitus and progressive optic atrophy, as well as other clinical features such as deafness, diabetes insipida, renal tract abnormalities and diverse psychiatric illnesses. A gene responsible for WS was identified in 4p16.1 (WFS1). It encodes a putative 890 amino acid transmembrane protein expressed in...

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