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Syndrome complex of bone marrow failure and pulmonary fibrosis predicts germline defects in telomerase.
Blood - 26 May 2011
Parry Erin M, Alder Jonathan K, Qi Xiaodong, Chen Julian J-L, Armanios Mary
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the essential telomerase components hTERT and hTR cause dyskeratosis congenita, a bone marrow failure syndrome characterized by mucocutaneous features. Some (~ 3%) sporadic aplastic anemia (AA) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis cases also carry mutations in hTERT and hTR. Even though...
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