thalassemia
MONDO:0000984Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names thalassemia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An inherited blood disorder characterized by a decreased synthesis of one of the polypeptide chains that form hemoglobin. Anemia results from this abnormal hemoglobin formation.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0000984), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: thalassemia
- Also called
- sickle-cell thalassemia with crisissickle-cell thalassemia without crisis