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MULTIMEDIA: Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria in Words, Sights and Sounds


 

Hutchinson-Gilford progeria is a rare and fatal genetic disease characterized by rapid, premature aging in children. The life expectancy of a child with progeria is 13 years. For every one year of life, a child with progeria ages seven years.

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