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Progeria - Coggle Diagram
Progeria
Treatment
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Those who have progeria, death occurs around age 13 usually from a stroke and heart attack
Is there a test?
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In the past doctors had to base a diagnosis solely on physical symtoms such as skin changes and failure to gaine weight that weren’t noticeable until age 1-2
What is it?
Extremely rare genetic disease of childhood characteristics by dramatic, premature aging
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What causes it?
A tiny, point mutation in a single gene known as Latin A (LMNA)
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LMNA gene codes for two proteins, lamin A and lamin C
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Different mutations in the same LMNA gene have been shown to be responsible for at least a half-dozen other genetic disorders, including two rare forms of muscular dystrophy