beta thalassemia

Summary

beta thalassemia is a rare disease^[1]. It draws 243 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #120 of 627).^[2]

Key Facts

• beta thalassemia's instance of is recorded as rare disease^[3].
• beta thalassemia's instance of is recorded as class of disease^[4].
• beta thalassemia is a type of thalassemia^[5].
• beta thalassemia is a type of hematological disorder with renal involvement^[6].
• beta thalassemia is a type of beta-thalassemia and related diseases^[7].
• beta thalassemia is a type of pituitary hormone deficiency secondary to storage disease^[8].
• beta thalassemia is a type of rare genetic endocrine disease^[9].
• beta thalassemia is a type of disease^[10].
• beta thalassemia's Commons category is recorded as Beta thalassemia^[11].
• beta thalassemia's medical examination is recorded as Mentzer index^[12].
• beta thalassemia's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 282.44^[13].
• beta thalassemia's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 282.49^[14].
• beta thalassemia's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C34375^[15].
• beta thalassemia's health specialty is recorded as hematology^[16].
• beta thalassemia's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as sodium phenylbutyrate^[17].
• beta thalassemia's genetic association is recorded as BCL11A^[18].
• beta thalassemia's genetic association is recorded as HBB^[19].
• beta thalassemia's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12241^[20].
• beta thalassemia's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12241^[21].
• beta thalassemia's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_848^[22].
• beta thalassemia's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine^[23].

Why It Matters

beta thalassemia draws 243 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #120 of 627).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]