A case of Werner syndrome without metabolic abnormality: Implications for the early pathophysiology

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-146

  Takada Watanabe, Aki ^a   Yokote, Koutaro ^a   Takemoto, Minoru ^a   Fujimoto, Masaki ^a   Irisuna, Hiroki ^a   Honjo, Satoshi ^a   Futami, Kazunobu ^b   Furuichi, Yasuhiro ^b   Saito, Yasushi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GeneCare Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Insulin resistance; Mutation; Tendinous calcinosis; Werner syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CELL ASSAY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HAIR DISCOLORATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERINSULINEMIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; WERNER SYNDROME;

ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MUTATION; RECQ HELICASES; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 84155184531     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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