progeria (Hutchinson-Gilford) syndrome
premature aging in children
- normal at birth
- "wizened old man": alopecia, atrophy of muscles and skin
- atherosclerosis ==> coronary artery disease
- dwarfism
- abnormal facies: receding chin, beaked nose, exophthalmos
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© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18