A) adenosine deficiency
B) muscular dystrophy
C) SCID
D) rheumatoid arthritis
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) represents a group of rare, fatal, congenital disorders characterised by little or no immune response. The defining feature of SCID, commonly known as ?bubble boy? disease, is a defect in the specialised white blood cells (B-and T-lymphocytes) that defend us from infection by viruses, bacteria and fungi. Without a functional immune system, SCID patients are susceptible to recurrent infections such as pneumonia, meningitis and chicken pox and can die before the first year of life. Though invasive, new treatments such as bone marrow and stem-cell transplantation save as many as \[80\,%\] of SCID patients.
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