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severe combined immunodeficiency
Used for:
adenosine deaminase deficiency
Used for:
bare lymphocyte syndrome
Used for:
combined T and B cell inborn immunodeficiency
Used for:
reticular dysgenesis
See for:
SCID
Broader Terms:
inborn immunodeficiency
Related Terms:
adenosine deaminase
Scope Note:
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.
Term Number:
1560-6660
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