Werner's syndrome

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Wer·ner's syndrome (v

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A hereditary disease of young adults that is characterized by short stature, early graying, cataracts, vascular disorders, and generally premature aging and death.

[After Carl W. Otto Werner (1879-1936), German physician.]

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No references found			Mutation in the gene WRN is responsible for Werner's Syndrome, which causes people to age rapidly. Fly gene age clue by The Mirror (London, England) Investigators have found that people who have Werner's syndrome (WS), a rare disease with several features of premature aging, have a defect in one of their helicases. Biochemistry and aging by Pamphlet by: National Institute on Aging The baby could develop Werner's Syndrome, which leads to massive ageing and can kill before victims before they are 50. Fears cloned baby will be a geriatric before it reaches 5 by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			wentletrap Wentworth Wentworth scale Wenzhou Wep Wepen wept Werche Werdnig-Hoffman disease were Wered weregild weren't werewolf werewolfism Werfel Wergeland wergeld wergild Wering Werk Werlhof's disease Wern Werner Werner Karl Heisenberg Werner's syndrome Wernerian wernerite Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun Wernher von Braun Wernicke Wernicke's aphasia Wernicke's area Wernicke's center Wernicke's encephalopathy Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome wero Weroole Werra Werre Werrey werris wersh Werst wert Wertherism Wertmüller werwolf Weryangle Wesak Wesand			Werner Egk Werner Forssman Werner Forssmann Werner H. Stipetic Werner Hartke Werner Heisenberg Werner Heisenberg Werner Herzog Werner Icking Music Archive Werner Jaeger Gymnasium Werner Karl Heisenberg Werner Karl Heisenberg Werner Klemke Werner Krauss Werner Krauß Werner Seelenbinder Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö Werner Sombart Werner syndrome Werner syndrome Werner syndrome Werner syndrome Werner Theodor Otto Forssmann Werner von Blomberg Werner von Bomberg Werner von Braughn Werner von Braun Werner von Siemens Werner von Siemens Werner's law Werner's syndrome Werner, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Alfred Werner, Alfred Werner, Anton Alexander von Werner, Juk, Baudelio & Cia Werner, Lars Werner, Pierre Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park Werner-His disease Werner-His disease Werner-His disease Wernerian wernerite wernerite Wernerius Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun Wernher von Braun Wernher von Braun Wernher von Braun Wernicke Wernicke aphasia Wernicke aphasia Wernicke aphasia Wernicke area Wernicke area Wernicke encephalopathy Wernicke encephalopathy Wernicke encephalopathy

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