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

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 201-206

  Carreau, Madeleine ^a   Buchwald, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TRANSFER; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION;

EID: 0031831253     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-4310(98)01243-X     Document Type: Review

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