Werner syndrome
Werner syndrome (WS) (sometimes Werner's syndrome), also known as "adult progeria",[1] is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder[2] which causes the appearance of premature aging.[3]
Werner syndrome is named after the German scientist Otto Werner.
The odds of a baby being born with it are 1 in 100,000 live births.[4]
References
- ↑ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
- ↑ Norbnop, Phatchara. ZRS 406A>G mutation in patients with tibial hypoplasia, polydactyly and triphalangeal first fingers. Journal of Human Genetics 59 (8) (August 2014). p. 467–470. doi:10.1038/jhg.2014.50.
- ↑ The Werner syndrome protein is a DNA helicase. Nat. Genet. 17 (1) (1997). p. 100–3. doi:10.1038/ng0997-100.
- ↑ Aging and genome maintenance: lessons from the mouse?. Science 299 (5611) (2003). p. 1355–9. doi:10.1126/science.1079161.
