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Looking it up, I found several articles that describe his condition as sickle cell anemia, but based on his relatively mild course, I think he probably had sickle cell disease (but not sickle cell anemia proper) [quick summary: sickle cell anemia = two copies of the sickle cell globin gene (HbS), while sickle cell disease also includes people who have one copy of HbS and one copy of the hemoglobin gene with a different mutation and can be milder].

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/sickle-cell-disease

My guess is that Zuttah had either SC disease or sickle cell/beta thallasemia.

As for what caused him to retire, I found this:

Reserve offensive lineman Jeff Zuttah will not play again this season. He has been sidelined by medical conditions related to sickle cell anemia, a disease he was diagnosed with as a child.

http://www.cstv.com/tsx/10252004/m-footbl/stan.html

Also, found this old article from Mike Eubanks (behind a paywall, though):

http://www.scout.com/college/stanford/st...ah-is-done

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Looking it up, I found several articles that describe his condition as sickle cell anemia, but based on his relatively mild course, I think he probably had sickle cell disease (but not sickle cell anemia proper) [quick summary: sickle cell anemia = two copies of the sickle cell globin gene (HbS), while sickle cell disease also includes people who have one copy of HbS and one copy of the hemoglobin gene with a different mutation and can be milder].

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/sickle-cell-disease

My guess is that Zuttah had either SC disease or sickle cell/beta thallasemia.

As for what caused him to retire, I found this:

Reserve offensive lineman Jeff Zuttah will not play again this season. He has been sidelined by medical conditions related to sickle cell anemia, a disease he was diagnosed with as a child.

http://www.cstv.com/tsx/10252004/m-footbl/stan.html

Also, found this old article from Mike Eubanks (behind a paywall, though):

http://www.scout.com/college/stanford/st...ah-is-done

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