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Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Ali Faisal Saleem, Ranish Deedar Ali Khawaja, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Syed Asad Ali, Anita Kaniz Mehdi Zaidi
Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Ali Faisal Saleem, Ranish Deedar Ali Khawaja, Abdul Sattar Shaikh, Syed Asad Ali, Anita Kaniz Mehdi Zaidi
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Objective: To determine the clinico-demographic features and laboratory parameters of children with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).
Study Design: Case series.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Aga Khan University, Karachi, from July 2006 to July 2011.
Methodology: Thirteen infants who were discharged with a diagnosis of SCID were inducted in the study. Their clinicodemographic features and laboratory parameters were determined. Descriptive statistics has been used for computing frequency and percentage.
Results: The median age at diagnosis was five months; 5 infants presented within 3 months of life. Three-fourth (77%) were males. Most of the …