Current developments in Wolfram syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-10

  Ganie, Mohd Ashraf ^a   Bhat, Dilafroze ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brainstem atrophy; Diabetes insipidus; Diabetes mellitus; DIDMOAD; Optic atrophy; Wolfram syndrome

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METFORMIN; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOLFRAMIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AUDIOMETRY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GONADAL DISEASE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; KETOACIDOSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; WATER DEPRIVATION; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

EID: 61849146168     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2009.22.1.3     Document Type: Review

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