1. Clinical and Immunological Features of 96 Moroccan Children with SCID Phenotype: Two Decades' Experience
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Jalila El Bakkouri, Hind Ouair, Rachid Abilkassem, Leila Jeddane, Mohamed Bouskraoui, Mohamed Hbibi, Ibtihal Benhsaien, Fatima Ailal, Mustapha Hida, Noufissa Benajiba, Abdallah Badou, Brahim Admou, Zineb Jouhadi, Naima Amenzoui, Naima El Hafidi, Nouredine Rada, and Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha
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Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Genotype ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Immunology ,Inheritance Patterns ,Consanguinity ,Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Immunology and Allergy ,Humans ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Public Health Surveillance ,Alleles ,Severe combined immunodeficiency ,business.industry ,Disease Management ,Retrospective cohort study ,medicine.disease ,Omenn syndrome ,Morocco ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Phenotype ,Failure to thrive ,Primary immunodeficiency ,Severe Combined Immunodeficiency ,Disease Susceptibility ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Biomarkers - Abstract
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a heterogeneous group of primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) characterized by a lack of autologous T lymphocytes. This severe PID is rare, but has a higher prevalence in populations with high rates of consanguinity. The epidemiological, clinical, and immunological features of SCIDs in Moroccan patients have never been reported. The aim of this study was to provide a clinical and immunological description of SCID in Morocco and to assess changes in the care of SCID patients over time. This cross-sectional retrospective study included 96 Moroccan patients referred to the national PID reference center at Casablanca Children’s Hospital for SCID over two decades, from 1998 to 2019. The case definition for this study was age
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- 2020