Seminars in Hematology
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 167-177 , July 2006

Diamond Blackfan Anemia: New Paradigms for a “Not So Pure” Inherited Red Cell Aplasia

  • Jeffrey M. Lipton

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jeffrey M. Lipton, MD, PhD, Schneider Children’s Hospital, 269-01 76th Ave, New Hyde Park, NY 11040.

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 Supported by grants from the Daniella Maria Arturi Foundation, Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation, Pediatric Cancer Foundation, National Institutes of Health RO1 HL 079571, and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at the NSLIJ General Clinical Research Center MO1 RR018535.

PII: S0037-1963(06)00076-X

doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2006.04.002

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 167-177 , July 2006

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