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[Atypical Werner syndrome: Atypical progeroid syndrome: A case report].
Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) - 1 Aug 2010
Barrios Sanjuanelo A, Muñoz Otero C
Abstract excerpt
Progeria is a premature ageing syndrome. Werner Syndrome (WS) is a type of progeria in the adult which includes bilateral juvenile cataracts and cutaneous sclerodermiform changes; it is caused by a mutation if the WRN gene which codes a helicase, a DNA repair enzyme. A case is presented of a patient, a 12 year old girl, with characteristics of WS but with no identifiable mutation in the WRN gene, therefore it was...
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