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Fanconi anaemia

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Autosomal recessive. Patients can be assigned to "complementation groups" (called FA-A, -B, -C, -D1, -D2, -E, -F, -G, -I, -J, -L and -M) depending on which of twelve different genes that can cause Fanconi anaemia is affected. The responsible gene for each group is known except for FA-I.

Prenatal diagnosis
Chorionic villus sampling at ten weeks.

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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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