What is Diamond-Blackfan anemia?

What is Diamond-Blackfan anemia?

Diamond-Blackfan anemia is a rare blood disorder in which the bone marrow, the spongy tissue in the center of the bones, does not produce an adequate amount of red blood cells, the cells that carry oxygen to the body. A diagnosis is usually made before the patient’s first birthday, but often times is not made until later in childhood. The disease gets its name from the two doctors who discovered it in the 1930s (Dr. Louis K. Diamond and Dr. Kenneth D. Blackfan).