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Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), or progeria, is a rare, fatal, autosomal dominant segmental premature aging disease. With an estimated incidence of 1 in 4 million live births and prevalence of 1 in 20 million living individuals, there are an estimated…
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is an extremely rare, uniformly fatal, segmental premature aging disease in which children exhibit phenotypes that may give us insights into the aging process at the cellular and organism levels. This chapter will compare HGPS to…