WFS1 variants in Finnish patients with diabetes mellitus, sensorineural hearing impairment or optic atrophy, and in suicide victims

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 495-500

  Kytövuori, Laura ^a,b   Seppänen, Allan ^a,b   Martikainen, Mika H ^c,d   Moilanen, Jukka S ^a,b   Kamppari, Seija ^a   Särkioja, Terttu ^e   Remes, Anne M ^f,g   Räsänen, Pirkko ^a   Rönnemaa, Tapani ^c,d   Majamaa, Kari ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^g KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FINLAND; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SUICIDE; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; WOLFRAM SYNDROME; WOLFRAMIN GENE 1;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXONS; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPTIC ATROPHY; SUICIDE;

EID: 84883294497     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2013.29     Document Type: Article

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