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Werner syndrome in children

A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Nela Cordero
Pediatrics 56 years experience
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, dia... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Werner syndrome: Werner syndrome =adult progeria = a condition associated with premature aging.
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A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Alan Feldman
43 years experience
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... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Steven Fine
Infectious Disease 33 years experience
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.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Thomas Namey
Rheumatology 50 years experience
Yes.: :simply discuss this issue with your ob/gyn specialists to allay your concerns!
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Carlos Satulovsky
Psychiatry 30 years experience
No: As a phenomenologically defined entity, and considering that no reliable universal genetic marker was identified, it is impossible to predict with any... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Lynne Weixel
Clinical Psychology 38 years experience
No good data: This is not quite rare, but also not common. It is more often reported in children but can occur at any age. It is not a mental illness, but a physica... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Pamela Pappas
Psychiatry 44 years experience
Very rare: This syndrome, where objects or the person's own body appear larger or smaller than normal, is very rare. Some sources say only about 300 adults & ch... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. William Singer
Pediatric Neurology 53 years experience
Childhood migraine: Micropsia and alice in wonderland phenomena are consistent with childhool migraine. Through adolescence, approximately 15-25% of children willl have ... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Melissa Gowans
Pediatrics 17 years experience
Tachybrady syndrome: TachyBrady Syndrome can occur in young children albeit rare. Infants may present with poor feeding or easy fatigability,which may also be evident in t... Read More
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