Acta Med. 2001, 44: 115-118

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.96

Wolfram Syndrome in a Family with Variable Expression

Abdurrahman Kadayifcia, Yalcin Kepekcia, Yavuz Coskunb, Ying Huangc

aGaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey
bGaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Turkey
cNew York Medical College, The Institute for the Genetic Analysis of Common Diseases, Hawthorne, New York, USA

Received March 1, 2001
Accepted November 1, 2001

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