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Wolcott-Rallison syndrome

info · Syndrome · ICD-10: E13

A syndrome that is characterized by permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, osteoporosis, growth retardation and frequently hepatic and renal dysfunction that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the eukaryotic translat

A syndrome that is characterized by permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, osteoporosis, growth retardation and frequently hepatic and renal dysfunction that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 3 (EIF2AK3) gene on chromosome 2p11.2.

Signs and symptoms

  • Epiphyseal dysplasia
  • Insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus
  • Hypertonia
  • Preauricular pit
  • Upslanted palpebral fissure
  • Carpal bone hypoplasia
  • Barrel-shaped chest
  • Hypoplasia of the odontoid process
  • Short stature
  • Renal insufficiency