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CTC1 Mutations in a patient with dyskeratosis congenita.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Aug 2012
Keller Rachel B, Gagne Katelyn E, Usmani G Naheed, Asdourian George K, Williams David A, Hofmann Inga, Agarwal Suneet
Abstract excerpt
Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a rare inherited bone marrow failure syndrome caused by mutations in seven genes involved in telomere biology, with approximately 50% of cases remaining genetically uncharacterized. We report a patient with classic DC carrying a compound heterozygous mutation in the CTC1 (conserved telomere maintenance component 1) gene, which has recently implicated in the pleiotropic syndrome...
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