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[Hutchinson-Gilford progeria in the light of contemporary genetics].
Medycyna wieku rozwojowego - 1 Jan 2000
Madej-Pilarczyk Agnieszka
Abstract excerpt
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria causing premature aging of children is a genetic disease and according to most authors has an autosomal dominant inheritance. It has been regarded as a model of the process of aging. In 2003 mutations in the LMNA gene, localized f in chromosome 1, responsible for the disease, were identified. The most frequent mutation is located in exon 11, C1824T and does not change glycin in...
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