Werner syndrome is: (A) MEN-I, (B) MEN-II, (C) Premature ageing, (D) Defective sirutins
Answer is C. Patients with Werner syndrome show premature ageing due to the defect in DNA helicase enzyme, a protein involved in DNA replication and repair and other functions requiring DNA unwinding.Wermer syndrome is MEN-1 (note the spelling)Robbins 9th edition 66