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. 2011 Sep 13;6(9):e24383. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024383

Figure 5. Comparison of telomere lengths in specific patient subgroups.

Figure 5

(A) Amongst patients with DKC1 mutations, telomere lengths are longer in those that have the more classical disease, DC (n = 42, indigo diamonds), compared to those that have the more severe HH phenotype (n = 14, pink diamonds). (B) No difference in telomere length is seen between patients who presented with bone marrow failure (n = 66, pink diamonds) and those that did not have bone marrow failure (n = 46, indigo diamonds). (C) In 27 parent-child combinations of subjects with heterozygous TERC mutations, the children (with 4 exceptions) have shorter telomeres than their parents.