Gastrointestinal problems in a child with dyskeratosis congenita.
We describe a pediatric patient with dyskeratosis congenita, whose symptoms included abdominal pain, vomiting, dysphagia, and hematochezia. Gastrointestinal symptom are prominent in this rare genetic disorder.
Berezin
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Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595, USA.
Schwarz
S M
SM
Slim
M S
MS
Beneck
D
D
Brudnicki
A R
AR
Medow
M S
MS
D002648:Child; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D007971:Leukoplakia / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D008297:Male; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D013577:Syndrome; D014960:X Chromosome