Definitions of X-linked SCID
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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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X-SCID
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SCID, severe combined immunodeficiency, 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
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SCID, severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease
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