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Biallelic BRCA2 mutations in two black South African children with Fanconi anaemia.
Familial cancer - 1 Jul 2017
Feben Candice, Spencer Careni, Lochan Anneline, Laing Nakita, Fieggen Karen, Honey Engela, Wainstein Tasha, Krause Amanda
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Fanconi anaemia (FA) is a genotypically and phenotypically heterogeneous genetic condition, characterized cytogenetically by chromosomal instability and breakage secondary to impaired DNA repair mechanisms. Affected individuals typically manifest growth restriction and congenital physical abnormalities and most progress to hematological disease including bone marrow aplasia. A rare genetic subtype of FA (FA-D1)...
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