Fertility in a case of progeria.
A 32-year-old woman with Hutchinson-Gilford disease (progeria) is described. The absence of complete sexual maturation has been considered characteristic of the syndrome, but this woman delivered a normal child at the age of 23.
Corcoy
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Service of Endocrinology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain.
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de Leiva
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011371:Progeria / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*