HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.
Gottron, 1940; Gilkes, Sharvill and Wells, 1974
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Probably autosomal recessive inherited, premature aging syndrome in high-flown juvenile diabetics.
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Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Bird face, atrophic skin and spotted hyperpigmentation and telangiectasia of the extremities. Thin, sparse hair, loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue, canities praecox, cataract formation.
Complication(s)This section has been translated automatically.
Premature arteriosclerosis.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
No causal therapy known.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Blaszczyk M et al (2000) Acrogeria of the Gottron type in a mother and son. Eur J Dermatol 10: 36-40
- Gilkes JJH, Sharvill DE, Wells RS (1974) The premature ageing syndromes: report of eight cases and description of a new entity named metageria. Br J Dermatol 91: 243-262
- Gottron H (1940) Family Acrogerie. Arch Derm Syph 181: 571-583
- Greally JM et al (1992) Acrometageria: a spectrum of premature aging syndromes. At J Med Genet 44: 334-339
- Winkelspecht K et al (1997) Metageria--clinical manifestations of a premature aging syndrome. dermatologist 48: 657-661
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