Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

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Is a:
  • Disease or Syndrome
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. Mutations occurring in many different genes cause human scid.
Synonyms:
  • Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome
  • Bare Lymphocyte Syndromes
  • Combined Immunodeficiencies, Severe
  • Combined Immunodeficiency, Severe
  • Familial Reticuloendothelioses
  • Familial Reticuloendotheliosis
  • Immunodeficiencies, Severe Combined
  • Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Severe Combined
  • Immunodeficiency, Severe Combined
  • Immunologic Deficiency, Severe Combined
  • Lymphocyte Syndrome, Bare
  • Lymphocyte Syndromes, Bare
  • Omenn Syndrome
  • Omenn's Syndrome
  • Omenns Syndrome
  • Reticuloendothelioses, Familial
  • Reticuloendotheliosis, Familial
  • SCID
  • Severe Combined Immunodeficiencies
  • Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • Severe Combined Immunologic Deficiency
  • Syndrome, Bare Lymphocyte
  • Syndrome, Omenn
  • Syndrome, Omenn's
  • Syndromes, Bare Lymphocyte
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