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Progeria, Hutchison-Gilford Syndrome #1

Progeria, Hutchison-Gilford Syndrome #1
Betweeen 6 months and 3 years these children begin to look like seniles. Their hair becomes thin and they loose hair. Bilateral blepharophimosis. and cataract. They develop hypertension and ischemic heart disease and die early.
Woodward, Julie, M.D., Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Congenital Syndromes, Malformations and Abnomalities -> Hereditary Syndromes -> Progeria, Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome
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