Werner syndrome
Lethal autosomal recessive disorder From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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