title: Fatal familial haemolytic anaemia.
abstract: A 19-year-old man, mentally handicapped but physically well, died within 2 days of onset of an acute episode of gastrointestinal upset and "haematuria." Autopsy and microscopy suggested a haemolytic episode and family studies showed haemolytic anemia due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, which was almost certainly present in the deceased.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male