title: Looking for disease being a model of human aging.
abstract: This paper is a part of an introduction to authors' study on systemic laminopathies and their role in human aging. Of special interest is progeria--a type of systemic laminopathy associated usually with mutation 1824 C > T and presenting phenotype of preliminary aging. The authors analyse the differences between the progeria and other syndrome of preliminary aging--Werner's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Neuromuscular Unit, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. neurmyol@cmdik.pan.pl
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madej-Pilarczyk
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D011371:Progeria / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014898:Werner Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology