The Italian contribution to the study of Fanconi's anemia

All the papers of the Italian authors on Fanconi's anemia are carefully listed. In the meantime some data of an epidemiological inquiry on the Italian unpublished cases are notified. They are as follows: i) the frequency of the disease is higher than it could be suspected; ii) the regional distribution is not homogeneous, with areas of higher density in Southern Italy, especially in Campania; c) the mean survival of the patients is significantly increased in comparison with the past; d) the prevalence of malignant complications is inexplicably low, as compared with non-Italian cases. A national Registry on Fanconi's anemia is proposed.