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Dyskeratosis congenita as a disorder of telomere maintenance.
Mutation research - 1 Feb 2012
Nelson Nya D, Bertuch Alison A
Abstract excerpt
Since 1998, there have been great advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of dyskeratosis congenita (DC), a rare inherited bone marrow failure and cancer predisposition syndrome with prominent mucocutaneous abnormalities and features of premature aging. DC is now characterized molecularly by the presence of short age-adjusted telomeres. Mutations in seven genes have been unequivocally associated with...
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