neonatal progeroid syndrome (weidman rautenstrauch syndrome): a case report from jammu &kashmir, india.

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imran gattoo government medical college srinagar,india

sudesh singh government medical college jammu ,india

nucksheeba aziz government medical college srinagar,india

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a female one month old with features supporting a diagnosis of neonatal progeroid syndrome(wrs)  presented to our neonatology section of gb pant children hospital srinagar .she had prenatal and post natal growth failure, generalized lipotrophy, triangular face, psedohydrocephalous, sparse scalp hair and eye brows, prominent scalp veins and greatly widened anterior fontenella.

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international journal of pediatrics

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