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adenosine deaminase deficiency |
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adenosine deaminase deficiency ADA deficiency A uniformly fatal AD disease, which consitutes 40% of Pts with SCID Clinical Cellular immune dysfunction, oral candidiasis, intractable diarrhea, FTT, severe diaper rash, pseudoachondrodysplasia,
death by age 2 Lab ↓ Lymphocytes < 0.5 x 109/L–US, < 500 mm3, especially T cells; eosinophilia; ↑ adenosine and deoxyadenosine in serum and urine Treatment Gene therapy; rarely BMT. See Cartilage-hair syndrome. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The project must clear other
regulatory hurdles, but federal scientists say they may begin treating
three or four children with adenosine deaminase deficiency as early as
this fall. In this clinical trial,
Anderson's team successfully treated 4-year-old Ashanthi DeSilva
for a rare blood disorder known as adenosine deaminase deficiency, or
ADA deficiency, a disease which renders the body unable to fight even
mild forms of infection. |
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