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ArticleHematology/oncology clinics of North America2009

Dyskeratosis congenita.

Sharon A Savage, Blanche P Alter

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Article in Hematology/oncology clinics of North America, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
122citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

122 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 249 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Liver involvement in dyskeratosis congenita-Case series and concise literature review.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2025
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  16. The zebrafish (NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2025
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  20. Dyskeratosis congenita: a rare case report.Oxford medical case reports · 2024
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62 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sharon A SavageClinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. savagesh@mail.nih.gov
Blanche P Alter
National Cancer Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Clinical Genetic Studies of Familial and Hereditary Cancer SyndromesZIACP010144 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI SAVAGE, SHARON A. · 2009 to 2025
$111.8M
Genetic Epidemiology of Telomere Maintenance and Cancer EtiologyZIACP010190 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI SAVAGE, SHARON A. · 2009 to 2025
$10.2M
Clinical/Genetic Studies of Family/Hereditary CancersZ01CP010144 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI GREENE, MARK H · 2000 to 2008
$1.1M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 CP010144
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is an inherited bone marrow failure syndrome characterized clinically by the triad of abnormal nails, reticular skin pigmentation, and oral leukoplakia, and is associated with high risk of developing aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, leukemia, and solid tumors. Patients have very short germline telomeres, and approximately half have mutations in one of six genes encoding proteins that maintain telomere function. Accurate diagnosis of DC is critical to ensure proper clinical management, because patients who have DC and bone marrow failure do not respond to immunosuppressive therapy and may have increased morbidity and mortality associated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Indexed as

Bone Marrow DiseasesDyskeratosis CongenitaHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansImmunosuppression TherapyTelomere

Identifiers

PMID19327580
PMCPMC2702847
OpenAlexW4237540272

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