Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
| Medical Definition: |
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. |
| Guide Notes: |
immunol defic in newborn inf; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; DF: note short X ref |
| Also Called: |
Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome |
| Previously Indexed: |
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes (1974-1991) |
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Medical Definitions and Terms
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