Fanconi Anaemia in South African Patients with Afrikaner Ancestry

• Main Authors: C Feben (Author), T Haw (Author), D Stones (Author), C Jacobs (Author), C Sutton (Author), J Kromberg (Author), A Krause (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: South African Medical Association, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Fanconi anaemia (FA) is a rare genetic disorder of impaired DNA repair that results in physical and haematological consequences in affected individuals. In South Africa (SA), individuals with Afrikaner ancestry are at an increased risk of inheriting disease-causing FA mutations, owing to...