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Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome in a Young Man

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DOI: 10.18535/ijmsci/v5i4.02· Pages: 3727-3728· Vol. 5, No. 4, (2018)· Published: April 30, 2018
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Abstract

Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is an extremely rare genetic disorder. It shows a characteristic progeria phenotype. The average life expectancy of HGPS patients is reported to be  ~ 14.6 years. A case was a 33-year-old man with progeria phenotype, severe cardiac failure, and convulsion. He had several cardiac surgeries include Mitral and Aortic valve replacement, Atrial Septum Defect (ASD) closure and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) .

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Maryam. Moinazad Tehrani MD
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Maryam. Moinazad Tehrani MD
Loqman Hakim General Teaching Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences(SBMUS), Tehran, Iran
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Agin Khosrow MD
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Agin Khosrow MD
Professor of Medicine. Specialist in Internal Medicine, Pulmonologist, Pulmonary Critical Care, Head of Heart and Lung Division, Loqman Hakeem Teaching General Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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