Lack of mutations in the human telomerase RNA component (hTERC) gene in Fanconi's anemia

Haematologica

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1012-1013

  Colado, Rodrigo T ^a,b   Pintão, Maria Carolina ^a   Rocha, Vanderson ^d   Falcão, Roberta P ^a   Bitencourt, Marco A ^c   Silva Jr , Wilson A ^b   Gluckman, Eliane ^d   Pasquini, Ricardo ^c   Zago, Marco A ^a  

^a Center for Cell Therapy and Regional Blood Center   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bone marrow failure; Fanconi's anemia; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANOSINE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HTERC GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TELOMERE;

BRAZIL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 3943053317     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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