Table 1.
Major clinical signs | Other common clinical signs |
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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 |
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 |
Hypogonadism Deficient growth hormone secretion Deficient corticotropin secretion Delayed menarche in female |
Neurological manifestation [38]: ataxia Average age of diagnosis 15 years |
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Atypical forms [6–8] | Dominant disease with or without diabetes mellitus and recessive Wolfram like disease without diabetes mellitus |
Severe gastrointestinal ulcers, bleeding and defective platelet aggregationb [12] |
aRequired for diagnosis
bAssociated with WFS 2