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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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Progeria in siblings: A rare case report
R Sowmiya, D Prabhavathy, S Jayakumar
Department of Dermatology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
Correspondence Address:
R Sowmiya
204/15, Asiad Colony, Anna Nagar West Extension, Chennai - 600 101
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.87162
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Progeria, also known as Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome, is an extremely rare, severe genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age. It is an autosomal dominant disorder. It is not seen in siblings of affected children although there are very few case reports of progeria affecting more than one child in a family. Here we are presenting two siblings, a 14-year-old male and a 13-year-old female with features of progeria, suggesting a possible autosomal recessive inheritance. |
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