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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome | Immunodeficiency, Severe Combined | SCID | Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Severe Combined | Immunologic Deficiency, Severe Combined | Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome | Severe Combined Immunologic Deficiency
Group of rare congenital disorders characterized by impairment of both humoral and cell-mediated immunity, leukopenia, and low or absent antibody levels. It is inherited as an X-linked or autosomal recessive defect. About half of the patients with autosomal recessive SCID are deficient in the enzyme adenosine deaminase. |
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