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MeSH Heading: Werner Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C16.320.925; C18.452.284.960
Unique ID: D014898
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014898
Scope Note: An autosomal recessive disorder that causes premature aging in adults, characterized by sclerodermal skin changes, cataracts, subcutaneous calcification, muscular atrophy, a tendency to diabetes mellitus, aged appearance of the face, baldness, and a high incidence of neoplastic disease.
Entry Term(s): Adult Premature Aging Syndrome; Adult Progeria; Progeria, Adult; Werner's Syndrome; Werners Syndrome
NLM Classification #: QZ 50
Public MeSH Note: 98; was WERNER'S SYNDROME 1967-97
History Note: 98; was WERNER'S SYNDROME 1964-97 (Prov 1964-67)
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0022920
Scope Note: An autosomal recessive disorder that causes premature aging in adults, characterized by sclerodermal skin changes, cataracts, subcutaneous calcification, muscular atrophy, a tendency to diabetes mellitus, aged appearance of the face, baldness, and a high incidence of neoplastic disease.
Terms: Werner Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T043487
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Adult Premature Aging Syndrome
Term UI T842685
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014); Adult Progeria
Term UI T842686
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014); Progeria, Adult
Term UI T043485
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Werner's Syndrome
Term UI T043486
Date08/23/1996
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Werners Syndrome
Term UI T842687
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID GHR (2014)

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