Frequency of Fanconi anemia in Brazil and efficacy of screening for the FANCA 3788-3790del mutation

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 669-673

  Magdalena, N ^a   Pilonetto, D V ^a   Bitencourt, M A ^a   Pereira, N F ^a   Ribeiro, R C ^b   Jeng, M ^b   Pasquini, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3788 3790del mutation; FANCA; Fanconi anemia; Genetic screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; BRAZIL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EXON; FANCA GENE; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 20944450700     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2005000500003     Document Type: Article

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