Wolcott-Rallison syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by neonatal insulin-requiring diabetes and associated with skeletal dysplasia and growth retardation. Diabetes appears during the first months of life in most patients and major skeletal manifestations include the long bones, pelvis and vertebrae. Liver is also affected in the disease.
Category
Endocrine and metabolic disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Endocrine diseases
Diabetes mellitus
5A13 Diabetes mellitus, other specified type
H00766 Wolcott-Rallison syndrome