Fanconis Anemia At Biology Glossary

What is it? An heritable disease in human beings with a syndrome of congenital malformations (decreased blood cells, short stature, patchy dark skin pimentation, predisposition to cancer especially leukaemia) inherited as an autosomal recessive.

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