Diamond-Blackfan anemia 19
Summary
Excerpted from the GeneReview:Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is characterized by a profound normochromic and usually macrocytic anemia with normal leukocytes and platelets, congenital malformations in up to 50%, and growth deficiency in 30% of affected individuals. The hematologic complications occur in 90% of affected individuals during the first year of life. The phenotypic spectrum ranges from a mild form (e.g., mild anemia or no anemia with only subtle erythroid abnormalities, physical malformations without anemia) to a severe form of fetal anemia resulting in nonimmune hydrops fetalis. DBA is associated with an increased risk for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and solid tumors including osteogenic sarcoma.
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- Authors:
- Colin Sieff
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Clinical tests (7 available)
Clinical features
Help- Abnormality of blood and blood-forming tissues
- Anemia
Anemia
- MedGen UID: 1526
- Concept ID: C0002871
- Finding: Disease or Syndrome
Abnormality of blood and blood-forming tissues
- Erythroid hypoplasia
Erythroid hypoplasia
- MedGen UID: 488912
- Concept ID: C0542035
- Finding: Disease or Syndrome
Abnormality of blood and blood-forming tissues
- Steroid-responsive anemia
Steroid-responsive anemia
- MedGen UID: 1679264
- Concept ID: C5194784
- Finding: Disease or Syndrome
Abnormality of blood and blood-forming tissues
- Anemia
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