Psychiatric disorders in Wolfram syndrome heterozygotes
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Selective cognitive and psychiatric manifestations in Wolfram Syndrome
BACKGROUND Wolfram Syndrome (WFS) is known to involve diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, optic nerve atrophy, vision loss, hearing impairment, motor abnormalities, and neurodegeneration, but has been less clearly linked to cognitive, sleep, and psychiatric abnormalities. We sought to determine whether these abnormalities are present in children, adolescents, and young adults with WFS compar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Psychiatry
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1359-4184,1476-5578
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000349