Dyskeratosis congenita -- a disease of dysfunctional telomere maintenance.

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Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a rare inherited bone marrow failure syndrome associated with abnormalities of the skin, fingernails, and tongue. Other clinical manifestations may include epiphora, lung fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, osteoporosis, and a predisposition to develop a variety of malignancies. The clinical picture often resembles that of a premature aging syndrome and tissues affected are those with a high...

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