beta thalassemia

thalassemia characterized by the reduced or absent synthesis of the beta globin chains of hemoglobin
MedicalCondition rare_disease Q3616632
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Summary

beta thalassemia is a rare disease[1]. It draws 622 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's Commons category is recorded as Beta thalassemia[10].
  • beta thalassemia's medical examination is recorded as Mentzer index[11].
  • beta thalassemia's described by source is recorded as The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[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 622 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 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . One form of inclusion body beta-thalassemia is due to a GAA----TAA mutation at codon 121 of the beta chain. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Chobot bot · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 15
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    Described by source → The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)
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  3. 15w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → thalassemia, hematological disorder with renal involvement, beta-thalassemia and related diseases +2
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    Medical examination → Mentzer index
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