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The FANCA gene in Japanese Fanconi anemia: reports of eight novel mutations and analysis of sequence variability.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1999
Tachibana A, Kato T, Ejima Y, Yamada T, Shimizu T, Yang L, Tsunematsu Y, Sasaki M S
Abstract excerpt
Fanconi anemia (FA), an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a progressive pancytopenia associated with congenital anomalies and high predisposition to malignancies, is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous disease. At least eight complementation groups (FA-A to FA-H) have been identified with their relative prevalence varying among the ethnical backgrounds. Recently, responsible genes, FANCA and...
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