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Fanconi anemia: causes and consequences of genetic instability.
Genome dynamics - 1 Jan 2006
Kalb R, Neveling K, Nanda I, Schindler D, Hoehn H
Abstract excerpt
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare recessive disease that reflects the cellular and phenotypic consequences of genetic instability: growth retardation, congenital malformations, bone marrow failure, high risk of neoplasia, and premature aging. At the cellular level, manifestations of genetic instability include chromosomal breakage, cell cycle disturbance, and increased somatic mutation rates. FA cells are exquisitely...
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