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7810559

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
A comparative study of clinical, hematologic, and cytogenetic findings was made in 40 black and 35 white children with Fanconi anemia. The black children were Bantu-speaking Negroid stock of diverse tribal origin. The white children were predominantly Afrikaans stock of Dutch/German/French Huguenot origin. All of the patients had IFAR scores of 2 to 4+ and over 80% in each group had increased spontaneous and/or mutagen-induced chromosomal breakage (CB-positive). There were no significant clinical differences between black and white patients or between CB-pos and CB-neg patients, with the exception of white children in whom significantly more CB-pos patients had thumb and radial anomalies than the CB-neg patients. The age-at-onset of hematologic manifestations was the same for all groups, but more black than white CB-pos patients were severely anemic at the time of diagnosis. Response to androgen and steroid therapy occurred in only 33% of black children compared with 86-90% of white children; 81% of black patients died during the 18 year study period compared with 30% of white children, but the age at death was similar. More sophisticated studies are required to determine whether these differences are genetically determined or related to cultural, educational, and socio-economic differences between the two ethnic groups.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0148-7299
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
279-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparative study of Fanconi anemia in children of different ethnic origin in South Africa.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't