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Amazing: 19-year-old Bengal girl still a toddler

New Delhi: Born in1994 at Mirapur village of West Bengal, Ajifa Khatun was a healthy baby and it wasn't long before she started to walk and talk but her growth stalled before her 2nd birthday.



People living with Laron lack a hormone called Insulin-like Growth Factor 1, or IGF-1, which stimulates the cell to grow and divide to form new cells.

Researchers claim that Ajifa is likely to maintain her childlike features for the majority of her life.

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