Body fat distribution and metabolic variables in patients with neonatal progeroid syndrome

Neonatal progeroid syndrome (NPS), also known as Wiedemann–Rautenstrauch Syndrome , is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by accelerated aging and lipodystrophy from birth. Affected children have extreme intrauterine growth retardation, poor postnatal weight gain, and characteristic facial dysmorphic features such as a triangular shape, pinched nose, pseudohydrocephalus with wide fontanelles and prominent subcutaneous (sc) veins....