Photo: Brooke Greenberg is 16 years old, but looks like a 16-month-old. (ABC America)From Ninemsm:
A 16-year-old girl who is the size of an infant and has the mental capacity of a toddler continues to baffle doctors in the US.
Medical experts believe Brooke Greenberg suffers from some kind of genetic mutation that shapes the way she ages, leaving her with the perpetual appearance of a baby.
The exact cause of the phenomenon has not been pinpointed.
Doctors say Brooke is not growing in a coordinated way, with her body parts out of synchronisation, as if each has a mind of its own.
"Why doesn't she age?" her father, Howard Greenberg, asked on US network ABC.
"Is she the fountain of youth?"
Brooke's mother Melanie Greenberg, 48, said she was so used to people asking how old her daughter is she did not even try to explain.
"My system always has been to turn years into months," Mrs Greenberg said.
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