Mesh term Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Browse to parent terms:DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Description
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 Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID).Browse to child terms:
X-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases
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