Aniridia: General Information
Names and Terminology for Aniridia
Other Names for This Condition
Source: GHR (NLM/NIH)1
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Synonyms and Related Terms
Synonyms of Aniridia:
2Synonyms and Related Terms
Synonyms of aniridia:
- Aplasia of iris
Categories for Aniridia
Categories: Eye diseases
Source: GARD (NIH)4
Categories
Category of Aniridia:
5Categories
Category of aniridia:
6Categories
Category of aniridia:
- iris disease
- Eye Abnormalities
- Eye Diseases, Hereditary
- Major induction processes eye anomaly
- Iridogoniodysgenesis
- Syndromic cataract
Categories
Category of Aniridia:
8Categories
Categories for Aniridia may include:9 Category of Aniridia:
- Eye Abnormalities
- Eye Diseases, Hereditary
- Iris Diseases
Prevalence of Aniridia
Frequency
Aniridia occurs in 1 in 50,000 to 100,000 newborns worldwide.
Source: GHR (NLM/NIH)10
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What is the estimated number of patients affected by the condition?
At the time of designation, aniridia affected approximately 0.2 in 10,000 people in the European Union (EU). This was equivalent to a total of around 10,000 people*, and is below the ceiling for orphan designation, which is 5 people in 10,000. This isbased on the information provided by the sponsor and the knowledge of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP).
*Disclaimer: For the purpose of the designation, the number of patients affected by the condition is estimated and assessed on the basis of data from the European Union (EU 28), Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. This represents a population of 512,900,000 (Eurostat 2015).
Source: EMA (EU)11
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References
- Source: GHR (NLM/NIH): ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ condition/ aniridia
- Source: Human Phenotype Ontology
- Source: Disease Ontology
- Source: GARD (NIH): rarediseases.info.nih.gov/ diseases/ 5816/ aniridia
- Source: Human Phenotype Ontology
- Source: Disease Ontology
- Source: Monarch Initiative
- Source: NCI Thesaurus
- Source: MeSH (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Source: GHR (NLM/NIH): ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ condition/ aniridia
- Source: EMA (EU): ema.europa.eu/ ema/ index.jsp? curl=pages% 2Fmedicines% 2Fhuman% 2Forphans% 2F2015% 2F11% 2Fhuman_orphan_001656.jsp& mid=WC0b01ac058001d12b
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