Preferred Label : Wolfram syndrome 1;
Symbol : WFS1;
CISMeF acronym : DIDMOAD; WFS; WFS1;
Type : Phenotype, molecular basis known;
Alternative titles and symbols : Diabetes insipidus and mellitus with optic atrophy and deafness; WFS; DIDMOAD;
Description : Wolfram syndrome-1 is a rare and severe autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease
characterized by diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, diabetes insipidus, and deafness
(DIDMOAD). Additional clinical features may include renal abnormalities, ataxia, dementia
or mental retardation, and diverse psychiatric illnesses. The minimal diagnostic criteria
for Wolfram syndrome are optic atrophy and diabetes mellitus of juvenile onset. Hearing
impairment in Wolfram syndrome is typically progressive and mainly affects the higher
frequencies, but a small fraction of affected individuals have congenital deafness
(summary by Rendtorff et al., 2011). Autosomal dominant mutations in the WFS1 gene
have been found to cause low-frequency nonsyndromic deafness (600965) as well as a
Wolfram syndrome-like phenotype (614296) in which affected individuals have hearing
impairment with diabetes mellitus and/or optic atrophy. - Genetic Heterogeneity of
Wolfram Syndrome Wolfram syndrome-2 (WFS2; 604928) is caused by mutation in the CISD2
gene (611507) on chromosome 4q22-q24. See 598500 for a possible mitochondrial form
of Wolfram syndrome.;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the wolframin gene (WFS1, 222300.0001);
Prefixed ID : #222300;
Origin ID : 222300;
UMLS CUI : C4551693;
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