Article
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome: A Premature Aging Disease.
Molecular neurobiology - 1 May 2018
Ahmed Muhammad Saad, Ikram Sana, Bibi Nousheen, Mir Asif
Abstract excerpt
Progeria is sporadic, very rare, autosomal dominant, deadly childhood disorder. It is one of the progeroid syndromes also known as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS). Aging is a developmental process that begins with fertilization and ends up with death involving a lot of environmental and genetic factors. The disease firstly involves premature aging and then death from complications of atherosclerosis...
Topics
- Aging, Premature
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Inheritance Patterns
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Progeria
