Wolfram syndrome: Important implications for pediatricians and pediatric endocrinologists

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-37

  Kumar, Sharath ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Hydronephrosis; Optic atrophy; Type 1 DM; Wolfram

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM INTERMEMBRANE SMALL PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN; INSULIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; WFS1 PROTEIN; WFS2 PROTEIN; WOLFRAMIN; ZCD2 PROTEIN;

ANEMIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; JOINT LIMITATION; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PEDIATRICIAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SHORT STATURE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; WOLFRAM SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954435633     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2009.00518.x     Document Type: Review

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