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Table 1 Clinical characters of patients with wolfram syndrome

From: Novel mutations and the ophthalmologic characters in Chinese patients with Wolfram Syndrome

Case no.

Age

Sex

Family history

DM, age of diagnosis

Presenting age of impaired vision

OA, age of diagnosis

DI, age of diagnosis

HI, age of diagnosis

Other features, age of diagnosis

BCVA

1

11 years

M

Positive *

(brother)

Type I, 9 years

Bilateral, 9 years

Bilateral, 10 years

Central DI, 11 years

Bilateral HF, 11 years

Abnormal MRI of brain,*** 11 years

Abnormal EEG, 12 years

OD: 20/400

OS: 20/400

2

26 years

M

Positive

**

(sister)

Type I, 10 years

Bilateral, 7 years

Bilateral, 7 years

No

No

No

OD: 20/400

OS: 20/400

3

42 years

M

Negative

Type I, 28 years

Bilateral, 39 years

Bilateral, 42 years

No

Bilateral HF

No

OD: 20/60

OS: 20/100

4

24 years

M

Negative

Type I, 10 years

Bilateral, 15 years

Bilateral, 24 years

No

Bilateral sensorineural deafness, 2.3 years

Left-sided glaucoma, 24 years

OD: 20/25

OS: 20/400

  1. DM Diabetes Mellitus, OA Optic Atrophy, DI Diabetes Insipidus, HI Hearing Impairment, HF High-frequency Hearing Impairment, BCVA Best Corrected Visual Acuity, EEG Electroencephalography, OD right eye, OS left eye. *Patient 1 had a brother who acquired diabetes mellitus at around 10 years old and died at 17 years old with ketosis encephalopathy. **Patient 2 has a 27 years old sister who was diagnosed with DM at 11 years old and had poor visual acuity since 16 years old. ***Patient 1 showed the absence of the physiological high signal of the posterior pituitary gland on T1WI of cranial MRI