SCID

abbr.

severe combined immunodeficiency

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SCID

abbreviation for

(Pathology) severe combined immune deficiency; a serious condition in which babies are born with reduced numbers of T- and B-lymphocytes, which impairs their immune systems and makes them susceptible to severe infections and cancer

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SCID - 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

severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease

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

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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References in periodicals archive

Divided into six sections with an introduction by Bobby Gasper, a professor of pediatrics and immunology, the book describes SCID in a meticulous fashion.

Mona Dash: A Roll of the Dice

Learning that he had SCID "was just heartbreaking ...

Doctors use HIV in gene therapy to fix immune disorder

[USA], Nov 15 ( ANI ): A new study has highlighted the urgent need to develop better treatment strategies for patients suffering from severe combined immune deficiency (SCID), better known as 'bubble baby disease.'

Treating the 'bubble baby'

SCID mice possess an autosomal recessive mutation developed in C.B-17 mice, which are a congenic and inbred strain of BALB mice.

Mitochondrial Autophagy and NLRP3 Inflammasome in Pulmonary Tissues from Severe Combined Immunodeficient Mice after Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

SCID is caused by a mutation in a child's genetic make-up.

I can hold my bubble baby at last but every day is a struggle for survival; Your health; Nurse Cassidy- Loren Andrews, 27, was warned one kiss could kill her baby. The mum tells of her pain as the tot was placed an incubator 'bubble'

SCID: The SCID[15] serves as the gold standard to determine the presence or absence of a current major depressive episode (MDE).

Assessing the Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests

Changes to Fitch's assessment of the sponsor's creditworthiness or SCID's Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR will lead to similar changes in the ratings on the bonds.

Fitch Ratings assigns Shangrao City bonds 'BB+'

The Artemis protein (also known as DNA cross-link repair enzyme 1C, DCLRE1C) was first characterized as a part of the VDJ-recombination process in 2001 in a study of patients with radiosensitive SCID [2].

Runaway Train: A Leaky Radiosensitive SCID with Skin Lesions and Multiple Lymphomas

Of these, we found 1 patient with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) who had excreted poliovirus for 2 years and then abruptly stopped excreting it.

Poliovirus Excretion in Children with Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders, India

Eleven-year-old Joe Grant, who has never felt rain or sunshine, often wishes "my real world was as big as the one in my head." As the only person in England with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), Joe was born without an immune system and has spent most of his life in a "bubble," a specially designed hospital room in London.

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