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Hierarchy  - English - French - German - Spanish - Portuguese - Italian - Dutch    Werner Syndrome Definition: 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. Synonym(s): Progeria, Adult / Werner's Syndrome / Adult Progeria / Syndrome, Werner / See also: Progeria  RecQ Helicases    MeSH 2010 © U.S. National Library of Medicine®. Browse - New search

More information from the Genetics Home Reference Website What is Werner syndrome? Werner syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by the dramatic, rapid appearance of aging. Individuals with this syndrome typically grow and develop normally until they reach puberty. The age of onset of Werner syndrome is variable, but an early sign is the lack of a teenage growth spurt, which results in short stature. Other signs and symptoms appear when affected individuals are in their twenties or thirties and include loss and graying of hair, hoarseness, thickening of the skin, and cloudy lenses (cataracts) in both eyes. Overall, people affected by Werner syndr ... How common is Werner syndrome? Werner syndrome is estimated to affect 1 in 200,000 individuals in the United States. In Japan, the syndrome occurs more often, affecting between 1 in 20,000 and 1 in 40,000 people. More information from the Genetics Home Reference Website © Genetics Home Reference Browse - New search       Web resources for "Werner Syndrome"   English (9)  French (2)  German (2)  Spanish (1)    Italian (1)   = Site with HON description   -   = Site with a robot description info: enter the site: (click below) domain of the site:   HONcode - Werner syndrome - Genetics Home Reference ghr.nlm.nih.gov 2 rare-diseases — National Organization for Rare Disorders www.rarediseases.org   University of Washington Werner Syndrome Home Page www.pathology.washington.edu   University of Washington Werner Syndrome Home Page www.wernersyndrome.org   HONcode - Orphanet: Werner syndrome www.orpha.net 3 Whonamedit - Werner's syndrome www.whonamedit.com 2 HONcode - Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 www.fpnotebook.com   See also: - Progeria Broader term(s): - Genetic Diseases, Inborn - Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities - Metabolic Diseases - Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Browse - New search       Medical image(s) for "Werner Syndrome" click below to enlarge www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Copyright © NCBI - Genes and Disease Werner Syndrome (Chromosome 8) Browse - New search       Medical News for "Werner Syndrome" No results for this term. More health news Browse - New search       Scientific articles from MEDLINE for "Werner Syndrome"   - English - French - German - Spanish - Portuguese - Italian - Dutch     All recent articles  Therapy:  by recall    /  by precision  Diagnosis:  by recall    /  by precision  Etiology:  by recall    /  by precision  Prognosis:  by recall    /  by precision Subheadings: complications / diagnosis / embryology / epidemiology / etiology / metabolism / microbiology / surgery / therapy Browse - New search       Clinical Trials for "Werner Syndrome" ClinicalTrials.gov - Linking patients to medical research Descriptive Study of Recombinant Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor for Osteoporosis in Werner's Syndrome Descriptive Study of Recombinant Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor for Osteoporosis in Werner's Syndrome See also: - Progeria Broader term(s): - Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities - Metabolic Diseases Browse - New search       Medical Conferences/Events for "Werner Syndrome" No results for this term. Consult HON's world-wide database of medical meetings Browse - New search       Refine the search for  "Werner Syndrome" Subheadings: complications / diagnosis / embryology / epidemiology / etiology / metabolism / microbiology / surgery / therapy   Broader term(s):       Diseases           Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases               Metabolic Diseases                   DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders        Diseases           Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities               Genetic Diseases, Inborn  MeSH 2010 © U.S. National Library of Medicine®. Browse - New search

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