Fanconi's anemia: what have we learned from the genes so far?

doi:10.1016/s1357-4310(98)01243-x

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Fanconi's anemia: what have we learned from the genes so far?

Molecular medicine today - 1 May 1998

Carreau M, Buchwald M

Abstract excerpt

Fanconi's anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disorder affecting children at an early age; patients suffer from progressive bone marrow failure and, in many cases, from congenital malformations. As cells from FA patients have an increased sensitivity to DNA-crosslinking agents, FA has been included amo...

Topics

Animals
Cloning, Molecular
Fanconi Anemia
Genes, Recessive
Humans
Mice
Mutation

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