Long survival in sickle cell anemia.
A nearly 72-old black male with sickle cell anemia suffered from heart failure, hypertension, chronic impaired kidney function with hyperuricemia and gout. Anoxemia due to refractory anemia of the sideroachrestic type most probably precipitated the sudden heart failure.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000150:complications; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006073:Gout / Q000209:etiology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
D014527:Uric Acid; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin