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Delayed presentation of severe combined immunodeficiency due to prolonged maternal T cell engraftment.
Annals of Saudi medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Al-Muhsen Saleh Z
Abstract excerpt
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a primary immunodeficiency disorder with heterogenous genetic etiologies. We describe a typical case in a 9-year-old boy that was masked by a clinically functional maternal T cell engraftment leading to late presentation with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia and cytomegalovirus infection, probably following exhaustion of maternally engrafted cells. Based on immunological...
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