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Review of Two Siblings with Werner's Syndrome: A Case Report

We report the clinical course of two siblings with Werner's syndrome (WS) who were diagnosed and followed at our clinics for 12 years. Initial diagnosis of the first sibling (sister) was at age 20, the second (brother) at 16. At the initial diagnosis, the sister had amenorrhea, muscle atrophy a...

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Autores principales: Sert, Murat, Fakioglu, Koray, Tetiker, Tamer
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20168978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/138312
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author Sert, Murat
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description We report the clinical course of two siblings with Werner's syndrome (WS) who were diagnosed and followed at our clinics for 12 years. Initial diagnosis of the first sibling (sister) was at age 20, the second (brother) at 16. At the initial diagnosis, the sister had amenorrhea, muscle atrophy at arms and legs, diabetes mellitus (DM), short stature, bilateral cataracts, genital hypoplasia, osteoporosis, and gray hair. During 12 years follow-up period, high-pitched voice, hepatosteatosis, renal parenchymal disease, and urethral obstruction developed. Regarding the brother, DM, cataracts and genital hypoplasia were observed at the initial diagnosis. During the 12 years follow-up period, gray hair, high-pitched voice, steatohepatosis, and osteoporosis developed.
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spelling pubmed-28202612010-02-18 Review of Two Siblings with Werner's Syndrome: A Case Report Sert, Murat Fakioglu, Koray Tetiker, Tamer Case Rep Med Case Report We report the clinical course of two siblings with Werner's syndrome (WS) who were diagnosed and followed at our clinics for 12 years. Initial diagnosis of the first sibling (sister) was at age 20, the second (brother) at 16. At the initial diagnosis, the sister had amenorrhea, muscle atrophy at arms and legs, diabetes mellitus (DM), short stature, bilateral cataracts, genital hypoplasia, osteoporosis, and gray hair. During 12 years follow-up period, high-pitched voice, hepatosteatosis, renal parenchymal disease, and urethral obstruction developed. Regarding the brother, DM, cataracts and genital hypoplasia were observed at the initial diagnosis. During the 12 years follow-up period, gray hair, high-pitched voice, steatohepatosis, and osteoporosis developed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009 2010-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC2820261/ /pubmed/20168978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/138312 Text en Copyright © 2009 Murat Sert et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Review of Two Siblings with Werner's Syndrome: A Case Report
title Review of Two Siblings with Werner's Syndrome: A Case Report
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title_short Review of Two Siblings with Werner's Syndrome: A Case Report
title_sort review of two siblings with werner's syndrome: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820261/
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