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Fanconi Anemia MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


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
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