Dyskeratosis congenita-management and review of complications: A case report

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 281-284

  Sinha, Shivam ^a   Trivedi, Vikas ^a   Krishna, Arvind ^a   Rao, Nidhi ^a  

^a SUBHARTI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dyskeratosis congenita; Dyskerin; Inherited bone marrow failure syndrome; Leukoplakia; Osteonecrosis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CASE REPORT; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEMUR TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGY; HIP PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KYPHOSIS; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICROGNATHIA; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; X RAY PELVIMETRY;

EID: 84880944916     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2013.78     Document Type: Article

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