About The Medical Condition Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Severe Combined Immunodeficiency?

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.

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