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Start free with EleplanLow oxygen affinity gamma chain hemoglobin disease
ORPHA:280615Etiological subtype
What it is
Hemoglobinopathy Toms River is a rare, genetic hemoglobinopathy disorder, due to a defect in the gamma subunit of the fetal hemoglobin, characterized by neonatal cyanosis, low hemoglobin oxygen saturation levels without arterial hypoxemia, moderate anemia and reticulocytosis, not associated with heart or lung disease. Symptoms progressively subside within the first months of life.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Infancy, Neonatal
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant
- Classified as
- Etiological subtype
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
Gene
ICD-10 codes
ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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