Article
The role of Wolframin in the pathogenesis of Wolfram or Didmoad syndrome
2003-01-01
Abstract excerpt
The Wolfram Syndrome (WS) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and bilateral progressive optic atrophy. Manifestations in neural and neuroendocrine tissues generally arise, but are not a requirement for diagnosis. A novel gene was identified in 1998 on chromosome 4p16.1 (WFS1 or Wolframin) that contains loss-of-function mutations in a majo...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 31184beb-709e-53b4-9f45-badd219eed3f
- DOI
- 10.21954/ou.ro.0000e883
