title: Familial acrogeria in a brother and sister.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, STD and Leprosy, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Majeed