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Gene therapy of Fanconi anemia: preclinical efficacy using lentiviral vectors.
Blood - 15 Oct 2002
Galimi Francesco, Noll Meenakshi, Kanazawa Yoshiyuki, Lax Timothy, Chen Cindy, Grompe Markus, Verma Inder M
Abstract excerpt
Fanconi anemia (FA) is an inherited cancer susceptibility syndrome caused by mutations in a DNA repair pathway including at least 6 genes (FANCA, FANCC, FANCD2, FANCE, FANCF, and FANCG). The clinical course of the disease is dominated by progressive, life-threatening bone marrow failure and high incidence of acute myelogenous leukemia and solid tumors. Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is a therapeutic...
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