Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Fan·co·ni's anemia Pronunciation:
fän-'kO-nEz-, fan- Function:
noun : aplastic anemia that is inherited as an autosomalrecessive trait and is characterized by progressive pancytopenia, hypoplastic bone marrow, skeletal anomalies (as short stature), microcephaly, hypogonadism, and a predisposition to leukemia
Fanconi, Guido(1892–1979), Swiss pediatrician. Fanconi first described the congenital disease now known as Fanconi's anemia in 1927. He first reported on the renaldysfunction now known as Fanconi syndrome in 1931.
