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Identification of the rare variant p.Val803Met of WFS1 gene as a cause of Wolfram-like syndrome in a Chinese family

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81570700 and 81974104).

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  1. Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

    Hongjun Deng, Jiaoyue Zhang, **uling Deng & Li Yuan

  2. Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

    Feng Zhu

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HD designed the study, performed data analysis, and wrote the manuscript. JZ and XD contributed to the data analysis during revision. FZ contributed to the performance of high-throughput DNA sequencing and the data analysis during revision. LY is the guarantor of this work, has full access to all the data in the study, and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

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Deng, H., Zhang, J., Zhu, F. et al. Identification of the rare variant p.Val803Met of WFS1 gene as a cause of Wolfram-like syndrome in a Chinese family. Acta Diabetol 57, 1399–1404 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-020-01572-y

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