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Meaning of progeria



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

progeria
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It is the name of a rare disease that is characterized by premature aging.

  



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Anónimo

Greek etymology with prefix pro- , prematurely, because of, preferably to and geron gerontos, old, old. Very rare and genetic disease that causes premature aging since early childhood whose origin is in mutations in DNA, with an incidence of 1 per 7 million people with preference of white race.

  

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Alfredo Edgardo Alvarez Ahumada

Progeria: ( to favor-viejo ) Aging genetic infantile sudden and premature that occurs in children during the first two years of life.

  










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