Wolfram syndrome: A rare optic neuropathy in youth with type 1 diabetes

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Bucca, Brian C ^a,b   Klingensmith, Georgeanna ^a,c   Bennett, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes insipidus; non autoimmune type 1 diabetes; optic atrophy; pigmentary maculopathy; sensory neural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

CELL TYPES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; EYE CARE; HAPLOTYPES; MACULOPATHY; NON-AUTOIMMUNE TYPE 1 DIABETES; OPTIC NEUROPATHIES; POSTERIOR SEGMENT; RECESSIVE DISORDER; SENSORY-NEURAL HEARING LOSS; SINGLE GENE MUTATION; TYPE 1 DIABETES;

AUDITION; CELL DEATH; GENES;

TUNGSTEN;

DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; WOLFRAMIN PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 4; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MUTATION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PATHOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; OPTIC ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE; VISUAL ACUITY; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

EID: 80255137154     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31822f4d8f     Document Type: Article

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