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severe combined immunodeficiency with sensitivity to ionizing radiation

info · Genetic · ICD-10: D81.1

A severe combined immunodeficiency characterized by being T cell-negative, B cell-negative and natural killer cell-positive with sensitivity to ionizing radiation and that has_material_basis_in mutation in the DCLRE1C gene on chromosome 10p13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Increased circulating IgE concentration
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Abnormally low T cell receptor excision circle level
  • Failure to thrive
  • Sepsis
  • Decreased total lymphocyte count
  • Splenomegaly
  • Increased total eosinophil count
  • BCGitis
  • Alopecia of scalp

Also known as: SCID due to DCLRE1C deficiency; SCID due to artemis deficiency; SCID, Athabascan type; SCID, Athabaskan type; Severe combined immunodeficiency due to DCLRE1C deficiency