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Prematurely aged children: molecular alterations leading to Hutchinson-Gilford progeria and Werner syndromes.
Current aging science - 1 Dec 2008
Domínguez-Gerpe Lourdes, Araújo-Vilar David
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Ageing is thought to be a polygenic and stochastic process in which multiple mechanisms operate at the same time. At the level of the individual organism ageing is associated with a progressive deterioration of health and quality of life, sharing common features such as: alopecia and grey hair, loss of audition, macular degeneration, neurodegeneration, cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis, cataract formation,...
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