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  • Title: [From gene to disease; mutations in the WFS1-gene as the cause of juvenile type I diabetes mellitus with optic atrophy (Wolfram syndrome)].
    Author: Pennings RJ, Dikkeschei LD, Cremers CW, van den Ouweland JM.
    Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd; 2002 May 25; 146(21):985-7. PubMed ID: 12058630.
    Abstract:
    Wolfram syndrome patients are mainly characterised by juvenile onset diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy. A synonym is the acronym DIDMOAD: diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness. Diabetes insipidus and sensorineural high-frequency hearing impairment are important additional features. This rare autosomal recessively inherited neurodegenerative syndrome is caused by mainly inactivating mutations in the WFS1 gene. It is located at chromosome 4p16 and encodes wolframin, a transmembrane protein. No function has yet been ascribed to this protein.
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