Sickle Cell Disease Ontology Project

Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin

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The persistence of substantial fetal hemoglobin production into adulthood, usually associated with hemoglobinopathies due to mutations in the alpha and/or beta chain of hemoglobin.

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http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/NCIT?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fncicb.nci.nih.gov%2Fxml%2Fowl%2FEVS%2FThesaurus.owl%23C129072

Hereditary Persistence of Foetal Haemoglobin, HPFH

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This is a benign condition.