PROGERIA

• Condition that causes rapid aging in children.
• Progeria syndrome is very rare; only about 130 individuals have been diagnosed since 1886.
• Mutations in the LMNA gene cause Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome due to production of an abnormal lamin A protein.
• Signs and symptoms may include facial changes such as thin, beaked-tipped nose, a small chin, thin lips, protruding ears and prominent eyes;