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Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson Syndrome: An Extremely Rare Dyskeratosis Congenita Phenotype.
Pediatric dermatology - 1 Jan 2000
Bakar Özgür, Işik Ugˇur, Canpolat Cengiz, Alanay Yasemin
Abstract excerpt
Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome is a rare telomere biology disorder that is recognized as a severe variant of dyskeratosis congenita. We present a Libyan boy with hematologic and neurologic abnormalities with typical dermatologic manifestations of dyskeratosis congenita. Death usually occurs before the age of 4 years as a result of pancytopenia or malignant transformation of mucocutaneous lesions. The boy presented...
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