Diamond-Blackfan anemia

English

Etymology

The condition was first noted by Hugh W. Josephs in 1936, but is named for the pediatricians Louis K. Diamond and Kenneth Blackfan, who described it in 1938.

Noun

Diamond-Blackfan anemia (uncountable)

  1. A congenital erythroid aplasia that usually presents in infancy.
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