Universal Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)

• Main Authors: Mirjam van der Burg (Author), Nizar Mahlaoui (Author), Hubert Bobby Gaspar (Author), Sung-Yun Pai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...