scid
Noun
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A congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes;
Children with it are susceptible to infectious disease;
If untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life (synset 114152294)is a type of:- immunodeficiency - immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
subtypes:- ada-scid - SCID resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for adenosine deaminase
- x-linked scid, x-scid - SCID in male children resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for a protein on the surface of T cells that allows them to develop a growth factor receptor
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