| Literature DB >> 7789063 |
A Kogure1, Y Ohshima, N Watanabe, T Ohba, M Miyata, M Ohara, T Nishimaki, R Kasukawa.
Abstract
The case of a 40-year-old woman with Werner's syndrome associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is reported. The patient exhibited short stature, slender extremities, thinned hair, high-pitched voice, cataracts, ulceration of the fingers, and mental retardation. Malar erythema, photosensitivity, and proteinuria had been noted since age 34. The serum contained high titers of antibodies to dsDNA, Sm, nRNP, and SS-A/Ro. The simultaneous presence of Werner's syndrome and SLE could be a coincidental occurrence of the two diseases, although it might be due to an abnormality in replication or degeneration of DNA leading to the development of both diseases.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7789063 DOI: 10.1007/bf02214944
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Rheumatol ISSN: 0770-3198 Impact factor: 2.980