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HUTCHINSON-GILFORD syndrome, or progeria, is a rare precocious senility disorder in which progressive alopecia, adipose atrophy and deficient growth produce an appearance of old age during childhood. The complications of atherosclerosis lead to premature death, usually before the age of 30 years.
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Beighton, P., Beighton, G. (1997). HUTCHINSON, Sir Jonathan. In: The Person Behind the Syndrome. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0925-9_46
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