Contents
History and clinical aspects of Werner syndrome: a brief history of research on the Werner syndrome, Martin, G.M.; the search for the Werner syndrome gene, Drayna, D.; prevalence of Werner syndrome gene mutations in the Japanese population - a genetic epidemiological study, Satoh, M., Matsumoto, T., Imai, M. et al.; clinical characteristics of Werner syndrome and other premature aging syndromes - pattern of aging in progeroid syndromes, Goto, M.; pathology - Werner syndrome and normal aging, Masuda, T., Akasaka, Y., Ito, K. et al.; dermatological features and collagen metabolism in Werner syndrome, Hatamochi, A.; ; atherosclerosis in Werner syndrome, Murano, S.; nervous system disorders in Werner syndrome, Kuroda, Y.; thyroid carcinoma and bone sarcoma in Werner syndrome, Ishikawa, Y.. Genes and basic aspects of werner Syndrome: cancer pathogenesis in the human RecQ helicase deficiency syndromes, Monnat Jr., R.J.; filling in some gaps about Werner syndrome, Miller, R.W.; chromosomal changes in premature aging syndromes, Nichols, W.W.; phenotypes of cells with a WRN gene mutation, Sugimoto, M., Goto, M., Furuichi, Y.; functions of the WRN helicase protein, Oshima, J.; WRN homologues in non-human systems, Kang, S.-W., Ikeda, H.; involvement of telomere shortening and telomerase in cell aging and immortalization, Tahara, H., Ide, T., Afshari, C., Barrett, J.C.