| CASE REPORTS |
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| Year : 2003 | Volume
: 69
| Issue : 3 | Page : 227--228 |
Familial acrogeria in a brother and sister
SM Ahmad, I Majeed
Department of Dermatology, STD and Leprosy, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir., India
Correspondence Address:
S M Ahmad
C/o Empire Medicate, Opp. Fire Services H.Qs., Main Road, Batamallo, Srinagar-190001, Jammu and Kashmir.
India
PMID: 17642895
Acrogeria is one of the premature aging syndromes with an unknown mode of inheritance. Familial cases are quite rare. A report of the disease in a brother and sister demonstrating a possible autosomal recessive inheritance is described. An unusual finding was bilateral corneal opacities in both the patients.
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