High incidence of Fanconi anaemia in patients with a morphological picture consistent with refractory cytopenia of childhood

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-111

  Yoshimi, Ayami ^a   Niemeyer, Charlotte ^a   Baumann, Irith ^b   Schwarz Furlan, Stephan ^c   Schindler, Detlev ^d   Ebell, Wolfram ^e   Strahm, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Boeblingen Hospital   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytopenia; Fanconi anaemia; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY CYTOPENIA OF CHILDHOOD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84870844484     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12083     Document Type: Letter

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