Dyskeratosis congenita associated with hypocellular myelodysplastic syndrome: A case report

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-208

  Engin, Hüseyin ^a   Kuzu, Işinsu ^b   Üstündaǧ, Yücel ^a   Aydemir, Selim ^a   Aköz, Ayla Gökmen ^a   Kilinçarslan, Dilşat ^a  

^a Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dyskeratosis congenita; Myelodysplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MUTATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 34548671424     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181405e51     Document Type: Article

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