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SCID [1 record]

Record 1 2006-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

[Any of a] group of rare congenital disorders characterized by impairment of both humoral and cell-mediated immunity, leukopenia, and low or absent antibody levels.

OBS

It is inherited as an X-linked or autosomal recessive defect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

l'immunodéficience combinée sévère humaine (SCID-X1), [est] une maladie héréditaire pouvant être létale touchant le chromosome X.

CONT

L'immunodéficience combinée sévère (DICS X1) liée au chromosome X, maladie héréditaire rare [...] ne frappe que les garçons. Caractérisée par l'absence totale de cellules de défense, elle laisse le malade à la merci de la moindre infection, provoquant sa mort en l'absence de greffe de moelle osseuse ou de l'abri en chambre stérile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
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