dyskeratosis congenita

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A genetic disorder marked by nail dystrophy, oral leukoplakia, pigmentation of the cellular connective tissue of the skin, and anemia progressing to pancytopenia.

dyskeratosis congenita,

an X-linked syndrome with onset in childhood, characterized by nail dystrophy, reticular cutaneous hyperpigmentation, mucosal leukokeratosis, and pancytopenia resembling that of Fanconi's syndrome.

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