Progeria: a human-disease model of accelerated aging.

doi:10.1093/ajcn/55.6.1222S

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Progeria: a human-disease model of accelerated aging.

The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Jun 1992

Brown W T

Abstract excerpt

Progeria is a rare genetic disease with striking features that resemble accelerated aging. The inheritance pattern, paternal age effect, and lack of consanguinity argue that it is due to a sporadic dominant mutation. We have observed elevated levels of hyaluronic acid (HA) excretion in progeria p...

Topics

Basal Metabolism
Growth Hormone
Humans
Hyaluronic Acid
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Mutation
Progeria
Werner Syndrome

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