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5 Facts you should know about
Progeria
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The earliest symptoms may include a failure to thrive and a localized scleroderma-like skin condition
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Children with progeria have a characteristic facial appearance with a large head, small mouth and chin, narrow nose, and large eyes
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Other symptoms include baldness, loss of fat under the skin, and dental and joint abnormalities
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Severe cardiovascular complications usually develop by puberty, resulting in death
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Progeria is caused by a genetic variant in the LMNA gene
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