Fanconi anemia

A congenital hypoplastic anemia characterized by progressive pancytopenia with bone marrow failure, variable congenital malformations and predisposition to develop hematological or solid tumors. It is a result of a genetic defect in a cluster of proteins respo

A congenital hypoplastic anemia characterized by progressive pancytopenia with bone marrow failure, variable congenital malformations and predisposition to develop hematological or solid tumors. It is a result of a genetic defect in a cluster of proteins responsible for DNA repair.

Also known as: Fanconi anaemia; Fanconi pancytopenia; Fanconi panmyelopathy; Fanconi's anaemia; Fanconi's anemia