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Fanconi anaemia

Background

Fanconi anaemia: Fanconi's anaemia; Fanconi's anemia (US); Congenital Aplastic anaemia; Congenital Aplastic anemia (US)

This term describes a group of inherited diseases characterised by defects in repairing DNA or protecting it from damage.

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Medical text written September 2000 by Dr C G Steward. Last updated October 2005 by Dr C G Steward, Reader in Stem Cell, Bristol Children's Hospital, Bristol, UK.

 

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