Wolfram syndrome: Case report and review of the literature

Comprehensive Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-20

  Ari, Şeyhmus ^a   Keklíkçí, Uǧur ^b   Çaça, Ihsan ^b   Ünlü, Kaan ^b   Kayabaşi, Hasan ^b  

^a Diyarbakir Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLYNEUROPATHY; VISUAL ACUITY; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPTIC ATROPHY; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

EID: 36248972580     PISSN: 00988243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12019-007-0007-z     Document Type: Article

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