Delayed diagnosis of dyskeratosis congenita in a 40-year-old woman with multiple head and neck squamous cell carcinomas [22]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 406-408

  Castori, M ^a,b   Ceccarini, C ^a   Castiglia, D ^c   Ruggeri, S ^c   Dallapiccola, B ^a,b   Zambruno, G ^c  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE DIEPOXIDE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ALOPECIA; ANOREXIA; ASTHENIA; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENE SEQUENCE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NECK DISSECTION; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMATITIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS;

EID: 33846264941     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07661.x     Document Type: Letter

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