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PROGERIE [1 record]

Record 1 1998-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A condition in which normal development in the first year is followed by gross retardation of growth, with a senile appearance characterized by dry wrinkled skin, total alopecia, and bird-like facies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Variété rare de nanisme essentiel, s'accompagnant d'un aspect sénile dès les premières années de la vie (calvitie, hypotricose, atrophie cutanée et des phanères, dénutrition) associé à une dysmorphie faciale en «tête d'oiseau», une cyphoscoliose, une atrophie des organes génitaux externes, et une athérosclérose précoce, entraînant la mort vers l'âge de 15 ans.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
DEF

Envejecimiento prematuro acompañado de un cuadro de arteriosclerosis precoz y acelerada, que se hereda de manera autosómica recesiva.

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