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Complex phenotype of dyskeratosis congenita and mood dysregulation with novel homozygous RTEL1 and TPH1 variants.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2018
Ungar Rachel A, Giri Neelam, Pao Maryland, Khincha Payal P, Zhou Weiyin, Alter Blanche P, Savage Sharon A
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Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is an inherited bone marrow failure syndrome caused by germline mutations in telomere biology genes. Patients have extremely short telomeres for their age and a complex phenotype including oral leukoplakia, abnormal skin pigmentation, and dysplastic nails in addition to bone marrow failure, pulmonary fibrosis, stenosis of the esophagus, lacrimal ducts and urethra, developmental...
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