1. Werner Syndrome
By Eric Brackney

2. What is Werner
syndrome
• Werner syndrome is basically a rare
disease where the human body ages faster
then normal
• also known as progeria of the adult
• This disease is so rare that only occurs to
1in 1 million individuals

3. what is werner
syndrome continued
• when someone has werner syndrome they
will have a sort life
• not only does the skin age but they organs
of the body as age thus have a short life
• at young adulthood the results of
appearance is 30-40 years old

4. symptoms
• begins around mid 30s
• wrinkling and sagging of the face
• decreasing muscle mass
• thin skin and loss of fat under the skin
• graying hair and hair loss
• a high-pitched voice

6. References
• http://rarediseases.about.com/od/
rarediseasesw/a/100304.htm
• http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/werner-
syndrome
• http://www.rarediseases.org/rare-disease-
information/rare-diseases/byID/135/
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