http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4286347.stm
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Only seven years old, Ali Hussein's hair is already thinning.
This is the most visible of many symptoms showing - despite being a boy - he is actually middle-aged.
He suffers from progeria - an extremely rare condition causing his body to fast-forward through the ageing process.
Like his sister and brother who also have the disease - Rhena, 19, and Ikramul, 17 - he has almost no chance of living beyond his early twenties.
The illness has stunted the development of the children. It causes other problems, such as a second row of teeth in their mouths and pale, almost translucent, skin.
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Family tormented by ageing disease
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02-22-2005, 09:24 AM
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