Richardson J E, Hamilton W
Arch Dis Child. 1977 Oct;52(10):796-8. doi: 10.1136/adc.52.10.796.
Three children with diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and high-tone deafness were shown to lack vasopressin, indicative of degeneration of the cells of the hypothalamic supraoptic nuclei. The syndrome being due to a single gene defect, inherited as an autosomal recessive, is therefore likely to be the result of an inborn error of metabolism with variable periods of latency in those affected.
三名患有尿崩症、糖尿病、视神经萎缩和高音调耳聋的儿童被证实缺乏抗利尿激素,这表明下丘脑视上核细胞发生了退化。由于该综合征是由单一基因缺陷引起的,呈常染色体隐性遗传,因此很可能是一种先天性代谢错误,在受影响者中具有不同的潜伏期。