SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCIES
\sɪvˈi͡ə kəmbˈa͡ɪnd ɪmjˈuːnə͡ʊdfˌɪʃənsɪz], \sɪvˈiə kəmbˈaɪnd ɪmjˈuːnəʊdfˌɪʃənsɪz], \s_ɪ_v_ˈiə k_ə_m_b_ˈaɪ_n_d ɪ_m_j_ˈuː_n_əʊ_d_f_ˌɪ_ʃ_ə_n_s_ɪ_z]\
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Group of rare congenital disorders characterized by impairment of both humoral and cell-mediated immunity, leukopenia, and low or absent antibody levels. It is inherited as an X-linked or autosomal recessive defect. About half of the patients with autosomal recessive SCID are deficient in the enzyme adenosine deaminase.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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