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Wolcott-Rallison Syndrome: clinical, genetic, and functional study of EIF2AK3 mutations and suggestion of genetic heterogeneity.
Diabetes - 1 Jul 2004
Senée Valérie, Vattem Krishna M, Delépine Marc, Rainbow Lynn A, Haton Céline, Lecoq Annick, Shaw Nick J, Robert Jean-Jacques, Rooman Raoul, Diatloff-Zito Catherine, Michaud Jacques L, Bin-Abbas Bassan, Taha Doris, Zabel Bernard, Franceschini Piergiorgio, Topaloglu A Kemal, Lathrop G Mark, Barrett Timothy G, Nicolino Marc, Wek Ronald C, Julier Cécile
Abstract excerpt
Wolcott-Rallison syndrome (WRS) is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder characterized by the association of permanent neonatal or early-infancy insulin-dependent diabetes, multiple epiphyseal dysplasia and growth retardation, and other variable multisystemic clinical manifestations. Based on genetic studies of two inbred families, we previously identified the gene responsible for this disorder as EIF2AK3, the...
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