Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) registry: Identification of new features of DC

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 990-996

  Knight, Stuart ^a   Vulliamy, Tom ^a   Copplestone, Adrian ^b   Gluckman, Eliane ^c   Mason, Philip ^a   Dokal, Inderjeet ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone marrow failure syndrome; Dyskeratosis congenita; X linked

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOPLAKIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032424906     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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