Universal Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)

Universal Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)

Patients with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) are born with profound deficiency of functional T-lymphocytes. Early detection and diagnosis would allow for prompt institution of isolation from infection and referral for definitive treatment with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantat...

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Main Authors: Mirjam van der Burg, Nizar Mahlaoui, Hubert Bobby Gaspar, Sung-Yun Pai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
severe combined immunodeficiency
T lymphocytes
newborn screening
allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
public health
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2019.00373/full

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