Help with diagnostic genetic testing or telomere assay for patient with suspected dyskeratosis congenita?

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Can anyone suggest or help with diagnostic testing for a patient with suspected DC?

The patient has had alopecia and dystrophic nail changes since childhood and now presents as an adult with thrombocytopenia.

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