Diseases

Diamond-Blackfan Anemia

A rare congenital hypoplastic anemia that usually presents early in infancy. The disease is characterized by a moderate to severe macrocytic anemia, occasional neutropenia or thrombocytosis, a normocellular bone marrow with erythroid hypoplasia, and an increased risk of developing leukemia. (Curr Opin Hematol 2000 Mar;7(2):85-94)

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Abstract

A rare congenital hypoplastic anemia that usually presents early in infancy. The disease is characterized by a moderate to severe macrocytic anemia, occasional neutropenia or thrombocytosis, a normocellular bone marrow with erythroid hypoplasia, and an increased risk of developing leukemia. (Curr Opin Hematol 2000 Mar;7(2):85-94)

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36 entry terms
  • Anemia, Congenital Hypoplastic, Of Blackfan And Diamond
  • Anemia, Diamond-Blackfan
  • Anemia, Diamond-Blackfan Type
  • Blackfan Diamond Anemia
  • Blackfan-Diamond Disease
  • Blackfan-Diamond Syndrome
  • Chronic Congenital Agenerative Anemia
  • Congenital Erythroid Hypoplastic Anemia
  • Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia of Blackfan and Diamond
  • Congenital Pure Red Cell Anemia
  • Congenital Pure Red Cell Aplasia
  • Erythrogenesis Imperfecta
  • Hypoplastic Congenital Anemia
  • Inherited Erythroblastopenia
  • Pure Hereditary Red Cell Aplasia
  • Red Cell Aplasia, Pure, Hereditary
  • Anemia, Blackfan Diamond
  • Anemia, Diamond Blackfan
  • Anemia, Diamond Blackfan Type
  • Anemia, Hypoplastic Congenital
  • Anemias, Hypoplastic Congenital
  • Blackfan Diamond Disease
  • Blackfan Diamond Syndrome
  • Congenital Anemia, Hypoplastic
  • Congenital Anemias, Hypoplastic
  • Diamond Anemia, Blackfan
  • Diamond Blackfan Anemia
  • Diamond-Blackfan Type Anemia
  • Disease, Blackfan-Diamond
  • Erythroblastopenia, Inherited
  • Erythroblastopenias, Inherited
  • Erythrogenesis Imperfectas
  • Hypoplastic Congenital Anemias
  • Imperfecta, Erythrogenesis
  • Imperfectas, Erythrogenesis
  • Inherited Erythroblastopenias

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2002; use FANCONI ANEMIA 1992-2001

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Previous Indexing

  • Anemia, Aplastic (1974-1991)
  • Fanconi Anemia (1992-2001)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D029503. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D029503
  2. Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond%E2%80%93Blackfan_anemia
  3. Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1208654