Long-term study of people with Diamond Blackfan anemia and their families

You may qualify if

• Normochromic, usually macrocytic and occasionally normocytic anemia developing early in childhood
• Reticulocytopenia
• Normocellular bone marrow with a selective deficiency of red cell precursors
• Normal or slightly decreased leukocyte count
• Normal or often increased platelet count
• Or, a confirmed mutation in one of the identified DBA genes

You can't join if

• Any subject identified as having another bone marrow failure syndrome (eg. Fanconi anemia, dyskeratosis congenita, Shwachman Diamond syndrome, etc.) will be excluded.