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Unstable hemoglobin disease
Disease definition
A rare hemoglobinopathy characterized by variable degrees of hemolytic anemia, depending on the nature of the hemoglobin variant. In symptomatic patients, clinical manifestations are jaundice, splenomegaly, and, in patients with severe anemia, pallor. Additional features include reticulocytosis, presence of Heinz bodies, and pigmenturia.
ORPHA:99139
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s): -
- Prevalence: -
- Inheritance: -
- Age of onset: -
- ICD-10: D58.2
- ICD-11: 3A51.Y
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: C0272006
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- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2019) Español (2019) Français (2019) Italiano (2019) Nederlands (2019)
Detailed information
Guidelines
- Clinical practice guidelines
- English (2010) - Br J Haematol
- English (2015) - Eur J Hum Genet
Genetic Testing
- Guidance for genetic testing
- Français (2019, pdf) - ANPGM


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Further information on this disease
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