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Severe combined immunodeficiency T- B+ due to gamma chain deficiency

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Link to WHO Definition

Severe combined immunodeficiency T- B+ due to gamma chain deficiency – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/893971384

X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID-X1) is characterised by severe and recurrent infections, occurring during the first months of life of a boy, associated with diarrhoea and failure to thrive. Immunological findings are lymphopenia with the absence of T and NK cells, while B cells are present in normal or high number.