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What is Fanconi anemia? Fanconi anemia  is a rare and serious inherited blood disorder that leads to bone marrow failure. It prevents bone marrow from making enough new blood cells for the body to work properly. Fanconi anemia can also cause bone marrow to make faulty blood cells. This can lead to serious health problems such as leukemia, a type of blood cancer. Fanconi anemia is a type of  aplastic anemia  – a condition that causes the blood to have a lower than a normal number of blood cells. In Fanconi anemia, the bone marrow does not make enough or stops making all three types of blood cells – red blood cells (to carry oxygen), white blood cells (to fight infection) and platelets (to help blood clot). Although Fanconi anemia is a blood disorder, it can also affect many of the body’s other organs, tissues, and systems. Children who inherit Fanconi anemia are at higher risk for birth defects and for developing certain cancers and other serious health conditio...