Differences in disease severity but similar telomere lengths in genetic subgroups of patients with telomerase and shelterin mutations.

The bone marrow failure syndrome dyskeratosis congenita (DC) has been considered to be a disorder of telomere maintenance in which disease features arise due to accelerated shortening of telomeres. By screening core components of the telomerase and shelterin complexes in patients with DC and related...

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Main Authors: Tom J Vulliamy, Michael J Kirwan, Richard Beswick, Upal Hossain, Charlotte Baqai, Anna Ratcliffe, Judith Marsh, Amanda Walne, Inderjeet Dokal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3172236?pdf=render

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