Clastogen-induced fragility may differentiate pancytopenia of congenital dyskeratosis from fanconi anaemia
- 1 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Pediatrics
- Vol. 148 (1) , 37-39
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00441811
Abstract
A male infant is reported with congenital dyskeratosis and pancytopenia Zinsser-Engman-Cole. The bone marrow pathology showed similarities to Fanconi anaemia. Ophthalmological complications were vitreous haemorrhage, haemorrhagic cataracta complicata and glaucoma. Spontaneous and diepoxybutane-induced chromosomal fragility was within the range of normal cells but was elevated through induction with 4-nitroquinolineoxide. These findings are contrasted with those of Fanconi anaemia.Keywords
This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
- Progressive Immune Failure in Dyskeratosis CongenitaArchives of internal medicine (1960), 1984
- Dyskeratosis congenita: Radiologic featuresPediatric Radiology, 1982
- Sister chromatid exchange in dyskeratosis congenita lymphocytes.Journal of Medical Genetics, 1977
- Dyskeratosis congenita: clinical features and genetic aspects. Report of a family and review of the literature.Journal of Medical Genetics, 1975
- Dyskeratosis Congenita With PancytopeniaAmerican Journal of Diseases of Children, 1973
- Congenital DyskeratosisAmerican Journal of Diseases of Children, 1972
- Zur Fanconi-Anämie (FA)European Journal of Pediatrics, 1964