Are Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) Cases Missed at a Children's Hospital?

Are Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) Cases Missed at a Children's Hospital?

Children's Hospital of Michigan (CHM), serving a population with 40,000 births/year, had 5 diagnosed SCID patients in 10 years, or 1:80,000 births; however, because their identification depended on provider suspicion and sometimes on positive family history, we suspected additional, missed SCID...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2011-02, Vol.127 (2), p.AB145-AB145
Hauptverfasser: Poowuttikul, P, Mireku, N, Kujawska, A, Gonzalez-Espinosa, D, Maitland-McKinley, P, Young, W, Secord, E, Puck, J
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Sprache:eng
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Allergy and Immunology
Medical screening
T cell receptors
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Zusammenfassung:Children's Hospital of Michigan (CHM), serving a population with 40,000 births/year, had 5 diagnosed SCID patients in 10 years, or 1:80,000 births; however, because their identification depended on provider suspicion and sometimes on positive family history, we suspected additional, missed SCID cases.
ISSN:0091-6749
1097-6825
DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2010.12.576