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coronary artery blockage, hutchinson-gilford syndrome, progeria, disease that produces rapid aging, beginning in childhood, progeria, rare condition that is remarkable, its symptoms strongly resemble normal human aging, occur in young children, appearance of several affected children in movies, on television have brought progeria to public attention, ninety percent of children, progeria have a mutation on the gene that encodes the protein lamin a, progeria, occurs sporadically, not seen in siblings of affected children, in very rare circumstances, than one child, family, have progeria, progeria results in rapid aging of a child, beginning, growth failure, in the first year of life, disproportionately small body given the size, the head, progeria children, male, female, thin, balding, wizened narrow faces, old-appearing skin, children, progeria develop early atherosclerosis, average patient survives, early teens, patients, live up to 30 years, death, heart, a stroke, the progressive atherosclerosis, growth failure, first year of life, narrow, wizened, shrunken, wrinkled, bird-like faces, baldness, loss of eyebrows, eyelashes, short stature, large head, size of face, macrocephaly, soft spot, fontanelle, remains open, small jaw, micrognathia, dry, scaly, thin skin, limited range of motion, teeth, delayed, absent formation, signs, skin changes in scleroderma, connective tissue becomes tough, hardened, insulin-resistant diabetes, diabetes, does not respond readily to insulin injections, early atherosclerosis of blood vessels abnormal stress tests, the heart, mutations in lamin a that cause progeria, found using gene sequencing, diagnosis, presently no treatment, progeria, support groups, the families of children, progeria, progeria research foundation, progeriaresearch, progeria@netzero, net, progeria is associated, a short lifespan, stroke, myocardial infarction, child, does not, growing, developing, no prevention, progeria, prevention, the manifestations, the disorder follows the same medical approaches, the same complications in other disorders.