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Esophageal cancer as initial presentation of Fanconi anemia in patients with a hypomorphic FANCA variant.
Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies - 1 Dec 2020
Lach Francis P, Singh Sonia, Rickman Kimberly A, Ruiz Penelope D, Noonan Raymond J, Hymes Kenneth B, DeLacure Mark D, Kennedy Jennifer A, Chandrasekharappa Settara C, Smogorzewska Agata
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Fanconi anemia (FA) is a clinically heterogenous and genetically diverse disease with 22 known complementation groups (FA-A to FA-W), resulting from the inability to repair DNA interstrand cross-links. This rare disorder is characterized by congenital defects, bone marrow failure, and cancer predisposition. FANCA is the most commonly mutated gene in FA and a variety of mostly private mutations have been...
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