Werner’s syndrome associated with malignancies: Five case reports with a survey of case histories in japan

Gerontology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 212-218

  Sato, Kazuto ^a   Goto, Makoto ^b   Nishioka, Kusuki ^a   Arima, Kiminobu ^c   Hori, Natsuki ^c   Yamashita, Noriko ^a   Fujimoto, Yoshihide ^a   Nanko, Hiroko ^b   Ohara, Kuniaki ^d   Ohara, Kunitoshi ^e  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Thyroid gland; Werner s syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; THYROID CARCINOMA; WERNER SYNDROME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BLADDER NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THYROID NEOPLASMS; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0023762632     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000212956     Document Type: Article

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