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Werner syndrome (WS) is a rare, autosomal recessive progeroid syndrome (PS), which is characterized by the appearance of premature aging.
MedicineVery common neurological syndrome due to retro-olivary bulbar ischemia due to occlusion of a vertebral artery or a postero-inferior cerebellar artery. The clinical manifestations are, on the side of the lesion, disorders of phonation and swallowing with hemiparalysis of the palate veil, nystagmus, cerebellar syndrome, Claude-Bernard-Horner syndrome and anesthesia of the hemiface; on the opposite side, thermoanesthesia of the trunk and limbs. V. Babinski-Nageotte (syndrome).
MedicineWarkany syndrome refers to one of two genetic disorders, both named for Austrian-American geneticist Joseph Warkany:
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MedicineWilliams is a patronymic form of the name William that originated in medieval England, Wales, France, and Italy. The meaning is derived from son or descendant of William, the Northern French form that also gave the English name William.
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