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Table 1 Clinical manifestations of WS

From: Wolfram syndrome, a rare neurodegenerative disease: from pathogenesis to future treatment perspectives

Major clinical signs

Other common clinical signs

Diabetes mellitusa [40]

 Average age of diagnosis 6 years

Urinary tract problems and renal dysfunction [13, 38]

  Neurogenic bladder

  Bladder incontinence

  Urinary tract infection

Average age of diagnosis 12–20 years

Optic atrophya [40]

 Average age of diagnosis 10–11 years

Psychiatric symptoms [52]

  Depression

  Psychosis

  Panic attacks

  Sleep abnormalities

  Mood swings

Diabetes insipidus [13, 38]

 Average age of diagnosis 14–15 years

Neurological manifestation/autonomic dysfunction [12, 38]

  Central apnea

  Dysphagia

  Areflexia

  Epilepsy

  Decreased ability to taste and detect odors

  Headache

  Orthostatic hypotension

  Hypothermia, hyperpyrexia

  Gastroparesis, constipation

Sensorineural hearing loss [13, 38]

 Average age of diagnosis 16 years

Endocrine disorders [12, 17]

 Hypogonadism

 Deficient growth hormone secretion

 Deficient corticotropin secretion

 Delayed menarche in female

Neurological manifestation [38]: ataxia

 Average age of diagnosis 15 years

 

Atypical forms [6,7,8]

Dominant disease with or without diabetes mellitus and recessive Wolfram like disease without diabetes mellitus

Severe gastrointestinal ulcers, bleeding and defective platelet aggregationb [12]

  1. aRequired for diagnosis
  2. bAssociated with WFS 2