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what are the symptoms of werner syndrome?

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WERNER SYNDROME: Clinical  DX is  by appearance which  are premature aging after puberty with hair thinning and development of conditions of old age like cataract, diabetes and osteoporosis.

Question 2

what is the definition or description of: werner syndrome?

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Werner syndrome: Werner syndrome =adult progeria = a condition associated with premature aging.

Question 3

i think so i have werner syndrome. everyone tells me that i look older than i really am. what should i do?

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See a physician: Werner syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that appears in childhood and adolescents.  Although premature aging is one of the features, there are many others including muscle and subcutaneous tissue loss, thickening of the skin (scleroderma changes), premature hair greying/baldness, skin ulcers. It should be diagnosed by a specialist, not by your friends.

Question 4

are progeria and werner syndrome the same?

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Werner is a type: Werner syndrome is one type of progeria (premature aging syndromes), often called adult onset progeria because it doesn't show up until adulthood.

Question 5

what are the most common causes of cotard's syndrome?

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Varies: This is a neuropsychiatric disorder most often coexisting with other psychiatric diagnoses like bipolar or schizophrenia.It can also follow head trauma or general accident. It is very rare. The afflicted believe they are either dead (deny living) or believe body parts are missing ( deny vital organs) antidepressants, anti-psychotics, mood stabilisers and electric shock are used successfully.

Question 6

which is the cause, type of mutiaon and characteristecs of edwards and patuae syndrome?

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Trisomy 13 and 18: Patau's syndrome (trisomy 13) – an extra copy of chromosome 13 is found in body's cells. 
Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18)- An extra copy for all or part of chromosome 13 is found many body cells.

Question 7

what causes morquio syndrome?

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AR, MPS IV: Both parents are carriers of the defective mutation, an autosomal recessive gene.  Each child of carriers will have 1 chance in 4 of inheriting the disorder (that is where 25% comes from). All humans are carriers of at least 6 pathogenic variants (have the capacity to cause disease if present in a double dose--no normal gene present).   see http://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/morquio-syndrome

Question 8

what causes angelman syndrome?

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Because..: Most likely due to physical features and some developmental issues.These kids often have some delays.It is a genetic condition due to a defect in the child's chromosomes.

Question 9

what causes premenstrual syndrome?

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Wacky hormones: When our hormones go up and crash down like the stock market, it can effect how much serotonin we have in our brains which in turn can effect our moods. Some of us are more sensitive than others to these changes.

Question 10

what can cause klinefelter's syndrome?

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Extra chromosome: The egg is supposed to have only one of the chromosome pairs as they await fertilization. If the sex chromosome did not separate properly when the egg formed,it remains behind and the sex "pair" of the embryo becomes a sex triplet. The XXY joins the other 22 pairs of chromosomes to build the fetus. The extra is not enough to cause fetal loss, but the resulting baby has Klinefelter and its problems

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