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Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA) is a rare inherited form of pure red cell aplasia that usually manifests in infancy or early childhood, and is characterized by normochromic macrocytic anemia and bone marrow erythroblastopenia. The majority of DBA cases are associated with mutations in ribosomal protein genes. Here, we describe a Lebanese girl with RPL5-mutated DBA unresponsive to steroid treatment who died from complications following late hematopoietic stem cell transplantation performed at the age of 15 years.

Original publication

DOI

10.1097/MPH.0000000000001435

Type

Journal article

Journal

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol

Publication Date

05/2020

Volume

42

Pages

e235 - e237

Keywords

Adolescent, Allografts, Anemia, Diamond-Blackfan, Base Sequence, Child, Child, Preschool, Drug Resistance, Fatal Outcome, Female, Frameshift Mutation, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Lebanon, Ribosomal Proteins, Sequence Deletion, Steroids