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What is severe combined immunodeficiency scid?
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Severe Combined: Scid is a designation for a defect in the immune system that involves both the "b"cells that make immunoglobulins and the "t" cells that act as killer cells for the immune system. The condition is dramatic and usually fatal in early childhood unless the childs bone marrow is replaced with healthy stem cells.
Answered 6/27/2012
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SCID: Scid is severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome. It is a serious immune defect (primary immunodeficiency = pid) that requires life-saving treatment. The immune deficiency foundation has a great parents handbook about all pid's including scid. http://primaryimmune.org.
Answered 10/3/2016
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