Fanconi anemia

Introduction: Fanconi anemia

Description of Fanconi anemia

Fanconi anemia: [MIM*227650] SYN: Fanconi syndrome (1).
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Fanconi anemia: familial or idiopathic form, usually fatal; Fanconi's anemia presents before age 10, marked by microcephaly, skin discolorations, and sexual and mental retardation.
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Fanconi anemia: Congenital disorder affecting all bone marrow elements, resulting in ANEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; and THROMBOPENIA, and associated with cardiac, renal, and limb malformations as well as dermal pigmentary changes. Spontaneous CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE is a feature of this disease along with predisposition to LEUKEMIA. There are at least 7 complementation groups in Fanconi anemia: FANCA, FANCB, FANCC, FANCD1, FANCD2, FANCE, FANCF, FANCG, and FANCL. (from Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=227650, August 20, 2004).
Source: MeSH 2007

Fanconi anemia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Fanconi anemia:

• Fanconi
• Anemia (810 causes)

Fanconi anemia: Rare Disease

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Fanconi anemia as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Terms associated with Fanconi anemia:

Terms Similar to Fanconi anemia:

• Fanconi anaemia

Source: Diseases Database

• Anemia, Fanconi

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Fanconi anemia

• Anemia, Hypoplastic, Congenital
• DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Fanconi anemia

The following list attempts to classify Fanconi anemia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases
  • Hematologic Diseases
    • Anemia
      • Anemia, Aplastic
        • Anemia, Hypoplastic, Congenital
          • Fanconi Anemia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases
  • Hematologic Diseases
    • Bone Marrow Diseases
      • Anemia, Aplastic
        • Anemia, Hypoplastic, Congenital
          • Fanconi Anemia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn
    • Anemia, Hypoplastic, Congenital
      • Fanconi Anemia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
  • Metabolic Diseases
    • DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders
      • Fanconi Anemia

External links related to: Fanconi anemia

• OMIM - FANCA GENE; FANCA
• Fanconi's anaemia (www.whonamedit.com)
• OMIM - FANCONI ANEMIA; FA
• OMIM - FANCONI ANEMIA, COMPLEMENTATION GROUP C; FANCC
• GeneReviews: Fanconi Anemia
• eMedicine - Anemia, Fanconi : Article by Blanche P Alter, MD, MPH
• OMIM - X-RAY REPAIR, COMPLEMENTING DEFECTIVE, IN CHINESE HAMSTER, 9; XRCC9
• Fanconi Anemia - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• OMIM - FANCONI ANEMIA, COMPLEMENTATION GROUP B; FANCB

Source: Diseases Database

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