First Year of Israeli Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency—Clinical Achievements and Insights

First Year of Israeli Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency—Clinical Achievements and Insights

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), the most severe form of T cell immunodeficiency, is detectable through quantification of T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) in dried blood spots obtained at birth. Herein, we describe the results of the first year of the Israeli SCID newborn screening (...

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Main Authors: Erez Rechavi, Atar Lev, Amos J. Simon, Tali Stauber, Suha Daas, Talia Saraf-Levy, Arnon Broides, Amit Nahum, Nufar Marcus, Suhair Hanna, Polina Stepensky, Ori Toker, Ilan Dalal, Amos Etzioni, Shlomo Almashanu, Raz Somech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
severe combined immunodeficiency
newborn screening
T cell development
preterm
immunodeficiency
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01448/full

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