Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted. The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov. Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at opm.gov.

NLM Logo

Fanconi Anemia MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Fanconi Anemia
Tree Number(s)
C15.378.050.085.080.280
C15.378.190.223.500.500.280
C16.320.077.280
C18.452.284.280
Unique ID
D005199
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005199
Annotation
do not confuse with FANCONI SYNDROME, a dysfunction of proximal renal tubules
Scope Note
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)
Entry Term(s)
Anemia, Fanconi
Fanconi Hypoplastic Anemia
Fanconi Pancytopenia
Fanconi Panmyelopathy
Fanconi's Anemia
NLM Classification #
WH 175
Public MeSH Note
2002; see FANCONI'S ANEMIA 1991-2001; was see under ANEMIA, APLASTIC 1975-1990
History Note
2002(1975); was see under ANEMIA, APLASTIC 1975-1990
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1974/11/11
Revision Date
2023/02/26
Fanconi Anemia Preferred
page delivered in 0.128s