Description : Dyskeratosis congenita is a multisystem disorder caused by defective telomere maintenance.
Clinical manifestations include mucocutaneous abnormalities, bone marrow failure,
and an increased predisposition to cancer, among other variable features (summary
by Vulliamy et al., 2008). For a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of dyskeratosis
congenita, see;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the nucleolar protein family A, member 2 gene (NOLA2, 606470.0001);