Telomere length is associated with disease severity and declines with age in dyskeratosis congenita.

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Published in Haematologica on November 04, 2011

Authors

Blanche P Alter1, Philip S Rosenberg, Neelam Giri, Gabriela M Baerlocher, Peter M Lansdorp, Sharon A Savage

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852-7231, USA. alterb@mail.nih.gov

Associated clinical trials:

Cancer in Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes | NCT00027274

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