Abstract:Pearson marrow pancreas syndrome (PS) is a congenital multisystem disorder characterized by sideroblastic anemia, pancreatic insufficiency, metabolic acidosis, and other defects, and is caused by mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions. Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a congenital hypoproliferative anemia with associated physical malformations, and in which mutations in ribosomal protein (RP) genes and GATA1 have been implicated. The clinical presentation of both of these bone marrow failure (BMF) syndromes share… Show more
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