What geriatricians should know about the Werner syndrome

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1136-1144

  Martin, George M ^a   Oshima, Junko ^a   Gray, Matthew D ^a   Poot, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Genetic variation; Helicase; Progeroid syndrome; Werner syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PATHOGENESIS; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0032825111     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb05240.x     Document Type: Article

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