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Molecular and epidemiological studies of Werner syndrome in the Japanese population.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Dec 1997
Miki T, Nakura J, Ye L, Mitsuda N, Morishima A, Sato N, Kamino K, Ogihara T
Abstract excerpt
Werner syndrome (WS) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease characterized by many age-related features. The gene responsible for WS (WRN) has been isolated and contains a helicase domain, but its function is unknown. Six different mutations throughout the WRN gene have been reported in the Japanese population. We have studied whether patients with a specific mutation exhibit distinct phenotypes from others....
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