raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:738

Porphyria

Type
Clinical group
Group
Group of disorders
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive
Age of onset
All ages
Status
active

A group of rare hereditary metabolic diseases characterized by intermittent neurovisceral manifestations and/or skin lesions.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enPorphyria
frPorphyrie
dePorphyrie
esPorfiria
itPorfiria
nlPorfyrie
ptPorfiriaCoproporfiria hereditária · Protoporfiria eritropoiética
plPorfiria
csPorfyrie
ukПорфірія
zh卟啉病
trPorfiri

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10E80.1BTNTspecificvalidated
ICD-10E80.2BTNTspecificvalidated
ICD-115C58.1Especificvalidated
MONDO19142Evalidated
MeSHD011164Evalidated
UMLSC5848305Evalidated
GARD10353Evalidated
MedDRA10036181Evalidated

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 (5):

Children (2):

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Genes

0 direct

Orphanet records no gene directly on this code.

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Prevalence and incidence

3 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Point prevalence1-9 / 100 0005.25 / 100 000WorldwideValue and classNot yet validated15652607[PMID]_ORPHANET
Lifetime Prevalence1-9 / 1 000 0000.7 / 100 000JapanValue and classValidated15239394[PMID]
Annual incidence1-9 / 1 000 0000.52 / 100 000DenmarkValue and classValidated27139922[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