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. 2007 Mar;99(3):300–305.

Sickle cell trait and sudden death--bringing it home.

Bruce L Mitchell
PMCID: PMC2569637  PMID: 17393956

Abstract

Sickle cell trait continues to be the leading cause of sudden death for young African Americans in military basic training and civilian organized sports. The syndrome may have caused the death of up to 10 college football players since 1974 and, as recently as 2000, was suspected as the cause of death of three U.S. Army recruits. The penal military-style boot camps in the United States and the recent death of two teenagers with sickle cell trait merits renewed vigor in the education of athletic instructors, the military and the public about conditions associated with sudden death in individuals with sickle cell trait.

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