dictionary help| SCID --> severe combined immunodeficiency | medical dictionary |
Group of rare congenital disorders characterised 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.
Acronym: SCID
(12 Dec 1998)
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