title: Werner's syndrome may be lost in the shadow of the scleroderma.
abstract: We describe three patients with Werner's syndrome (WS), two of whom had been mistakenly diagnosed as having scleroderma. We would like to discuss briefly the importance of differentiation of these two disorders from each other.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Department, Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey. emelorge@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Emel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gonullu
authors.forename: Nazife Sule Yaşar
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Bilge
authors.forename: Timuçin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaşifoğlu
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D015595:Skin Aging; D014898:Werner Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers