Association between aplastic anaemia and mutations in telomerase RNA.

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The main cause of aplastic anaemia remains elusive. Germline mutations in the gene encoding the RNA component of telomerase (hTR) have been seen in the autosomal dominant form of dyskeratosis congenita--an inherited syndrome characterised by aplastic anaemia. By screening the hTR gene, we identified mutations in two of 17 patients with idiopathic aplastic anaemia, three of 27 patients with constitutional aplastic...

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