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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Infant, Newborn, Diseases > Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases > Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Immune System Diseases > Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes > Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases > Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders > Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Immunodeficiency, Severe Combined
  • Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Severe Combined
  • Immunologic Deficiency, Severe Combined
  • Severe Combined Immune Deficiency
  • Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • Severe Combined Immunologic Deficiency

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. Mutations occurring in many different genes cause human Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID).

History note

  • 1992

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016511

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