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How prevalent is progeria?

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One (1) out of four to eight million newborns

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How do you get progeria?
What is progeria?
a disorder that rarely happens to young kids and has them age 8 to 10 years for every one year they are alive. so by the age of 9 kids can look like they are old. the risk of having this is 1 n 8...
How can you catch progeria?
Progeria is a very rare genetic disease. You can't catch it, you're either born with it or not.
How do you know if you have progeria?
You are a child who looks like a very old person. Bald, wrinkly, bad eyes, etc.