Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must meet the diagnostic criteria for DBA which include the following: 1. Normochromic, usually macrocytic and occasionally normocytic anemia developing early in childhood 2. Reticulocytopenia 3. Normocellular bone marrow with a selective deficiency of red cell precursors 4. Normal or slightly decreased leukocyte count 5. Normal or often increased platelet count 6. Or, a confirmed mutation in one of the identified DBA genes Exclusion Criteria: * Any subject identified as having another bone marrow failure syndrome (eg. Fanconi anemia, dyskeratosis congenita, Shwachman Diamond syndrome, etc.) will be excluded.