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Challenges in the interpretation of a germline TERT variant in a patient with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Oct 2022
Janczar Szymon, Kirschner Martin, Beier Fabian, Brümmendorf Tim H, Ussowicz Marek, Babol-Pokora Katarzyna, Oszer Aleksandra, Yoshimi Ayami, Kalwak Krzysztof, Mlynarski Wojciech
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Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a bone marrow failure syndrome with extrahematopoietic abnormalities. DC is a paradigmatic telomere biology disorder (TBD) caused by germline mutations in genes responsible for telomere maintenance including TERT. Cryptic TBD is a bone marrow failure syndrome due to premature telomere shortening but without additional symptoms, frequently clinically indistinguishable from severe...
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