Term Name: progeria
Synonyms: HGPS, Hutchinson Gilford syndrome, Hutchinson-Gilford disease, Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome
Definition: A progeroid syndrome characterized by extreme short stature, low body weight, early loss of hair, lipodystrophy, scleroderma, decreased joint mobility, osteolysis, and facial features that resemble aged persons that has_material_basis_in mutation in the LMNA gene on chromosome 1q22.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:3911]   ( DOID:3911 )

Relationships
is a type of: autosomal dominant disease progeroid syndrome