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Molecular and genealogical evidence for a founder effect in Fanconi anemia families of the Afrikaner population of South Africa.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 May 2001
Tipping A J, Pearson T, Morgan N V, Gibson R A, Kuyt L P, Havenga C, Gluckman E, Joenje H, de Ravel T, Jansen S, Mathew C G
Abstract excerpt
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare, genetically heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorder associated with progressive aplastic anemia, congenital abnormalities, and cancer. FA has a very high incidence in the Afrikaner population of South Africa, possibly due to a founder effect. Previously we observed allelic association between polymorphic markers flanking the FA group A gene (FANCA) and disease chromosomes in...
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