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Abstract
An 18-year-old man showing growth retardation, progeroid facies and acral abnormalities was found to have Werner syndrome caused by a homozygous WRN mutation (c.502_503del) located within a 36.7-Mb region of homozygosity on chromosome 8.
期刊介绍:
Geriatrics & Gerontology International is the official Journal of the Japan Geriatrics Society, reflecting the growing importance of the subject area in developed economies and their particular significance to a country like Japan with a large aging population. Geriatrics & Gerontology International is now an international publication with contributions from around the world and published four times per year.