severe combined immunodeficiency disease
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 • Syn: severe combined immunodeficiency, SCID • Hypernyms: immunodeficiency, monogenic disorder, monogenic disease • Hyponyms: ADA-SCID, X-linked SCID, X-SCID
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