Werner's syndrome: a clinical-roentgen entity.
Werner's syndrome: a clinical-roentgen entity.
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维尔纳综合征:一种临床伦琴实体。
DOI:
10.1148/74.3.373
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发表时间:
1960
期刊:
影响因子:
19.7
通讯作者:
D. Zucker‐Franklin
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作者:
H. Jacobson;H. Rifkin;D. Zucker‐Franklin
IN 1904, Otto Werner (1) described a syndrome called“cataract in connection with scleroderma" which involved 2 brothers and 2 sisters in a family of 6 children. Thirty years later, Oppenheimer and Kugel (2) published the first complete report of Werner's syndrome in the American literature, as observed in twin brothers at Montefiore Hospital in New York City. Since then, 64 documented cases of this syndrome have been described (3-19), but for only 2 of these, were there authoritative autopsy observations. From the published literature Werner's syndrome may best be described as follows: The disease occurs with equal frequency in both males and females and becomes manifest shortly after adolescence. A variety of disturbances are noted at this time, including loss of the subcutaneous tissues and muscle mass of the extremities, progressive changes in the skin of the hands and feet, graying of the hair with premature alopecia, and impairment of normal growth. As the condition progresses, the extremities become...