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Abstract
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.
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- Adult Premature Aging Syndrome
- Adult Progeria
- Progeria, Adult
- Werner's Syndrome
- Werners Syndrome
- Syndrome, Werner
- Syndrome, Werner's
- Syndrome, Werners
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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98; was WERNER'S SYNDROME 1964-97 (Prov 1964-67)
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QZ 50
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Werner Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014898. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014898
- Werner Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_syndrome
- Werner Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1154619