a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life
Type | Words |
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Synonyms | severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease |
Type of | immunodeficiency, monogenic disease, monogenic disorder |
Has types | ada-scid, x-linked scid, x-scid |
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