Article
Wolfram syndrome in the Polish population: novel mutations and genotype-phenotype correlation.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Nov 2011
Zmyslowska A, Borowiec M, Antosik K, Szalecki M, Stefanski A, Iwaniszewska B, Jedrzejczyk M, Pietrzak I, Mlynarski W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Wolfram syndrome is a rare form of diabetes mellitus associated with optic atrophy and disorders of different organs (e.g. diabetes insipidus, hearing loss, ataxia, anaemia and many others). This syndrome is caused by recessive mutations in the wolframin gene (WFS1) localized on chromosome 4p16·1. The aim of this study was to identify the causative mutations in WFS1 in a group of Polish patients with...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Female
- Genetic Association Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Mutation
- Poland
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
