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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Werner Syndrome
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders > Werner Syndrome

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Werner Syndrome  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Adult Premature Aging Syndrome
  • Adult Progeria
  • Progeria, Adult
  • Syndrome, Werner's
  • Syndrome, Werners
  • Werner's Syndrome
  • Werners Syndrome

Scope note

  • An autosomal recessive disorder that causes premature aging in adults, characterized by sclerodermal skin changes, cataracts, subcutaneous calcification, muscular atrophy, a tendency to diabetes mellitus, aged appearance of the face, baldness, and a high incidence of neoplastic disease.

History note

  • 98; was WERNER'S SYNDROME 1964-97 (Prov 1964-67)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014898

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