raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:2132

Hemoglobin C disease

Synonyms: HbCC disease

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Age of onset
All ages
Status
active

Hemoglobin C disease (HbC) is a hemoglobinopathy characterized by production of abnormal variant hemoglobin known as hemoglobin C, with no or mild clinical manifestations (hemolytic anemia).

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enHemoglobin C diseaseHbCC disease
frHémoglobinose CHbCC
deHämoglobin-C-KrankheitHbCC-Krankheit
esEnfermedad de la hemoglobina CEnfermedad HbCC
itEmoglobinopatia C
nlHemoglobine C-ziekteHbCC-ziekte
ptDoença de hemoglobina CDoença HbCC
plChoroba hemoglobiny C= en
csHemoglobinopatie s hemoglobinem C= en
ukХвороба гемоглобіну С
zh血红蛋白C病
trHemoglobin C hastalığı

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10D58.2NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-113A51.5NTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0016242Evalidated
MeSHD006445Evalidated
UMLSC0019021Evalidated
GARD2640Evalidated
MedDRA10018883Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (2):

No children.

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Genes

1 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
HBBDisease-causing germline mutation(s) inAssessedHGNC:4827ENSG0000024473414190011p15.4hemoglobin subunit beta21886666[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Point prevalence>1 / 1000166.66 / 100 000United StatesValue and classValidated23591685[PMID]
Prevalence at birth1-9 / 100 0003.65 / 100 000BelgiumValue and classValidated19103861[PMID]

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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Sources for this card