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Genetic analyses of two cases of Werner’s Syndrome
European Journal of Dermatology. Volume 14, Number 6, 379-82, November-December 2004, Genes and skin
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Author(s) : Yoko Sogabe, Masahito Yasuda, Yoko Yokoyama, Atsushi Tamura, Izumi Negishi, Kazunori Ohnishi, Tetsuya Shinozaki, Osamu Ishikawa
Summary : We report two cases of Werner’s syndrome (WS). First, a 42-year-old Japanese man was referred on suspicion of systemic sclerosis (SSc) because of scleroderma-like skin atrophy and foot ulcers. Second, a 51-year-old woman with malignant fibrous histiocytoma was referred on suspicion of premature aging syndrome. Because both patients had many typical manifestations compatible with WS, we made a clinical diagnosis of WS. Genetic analyses revealed a homozygous mutation, an A deletion at nucleotide 3677 of WS gene (WRN) in the first case and a homozygous mutation, a G to C substitution at one base upstream of exon 26 of WRN in the second case. Both mutations were consistent with those previously reported in Japanese WS patients.
Keywords : genetic diagnosis, malignant fibrous hystiocytoma (MFH), mutant allele specific amplification (MASA), Werner’s syndrome

Genetic analyses of two cases of Werner’s Syndrome