Article
Heterogeneity of phenotype in two siblings with adenosine deaminase deficiency.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Feb 1994
Umetsu D T, Schlossman C M, Ochs H D, Hershfield M S
Abstract excerpt
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency is the cause of about one third of the autosomal recessively inherited cases of severe combined immunodeficiency. Disease severity in ADA deficiency is variable, presumably related in part to heterogeneity in the genotypes causing the disease. We now report on two children in a single family with ADA deficiency who presented with distinct clinical courses. One child presented...
Topics
- Adenine Nucleotides
- Adenosine Deaminase
- Antibody Formation
- Child, Preschool
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Humans
- Immune System
- Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
- Infant
- Phenotype
