immunodeficiency

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It presents particular challenges to doctors because children with the disease-characterized by neurological problems, immunodeficiency, and cancer-can react very differently to treatment.

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  1. noun An innate, acquired, or induced inability to develop a normal immune response.

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  • These results suggest that periodontal disease could act as a risk-factor for HIV-1 reactivation in latently infected individuals, and might contribute to the systemic dissemination of the virus causing clinical progression of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). —  GEN News Highlights
  • Early detection of cognitive impairment is also extremely important because the impairment may be related to other medical conditions, such as head trauma, Parkinson's disease, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and thyroid disorder. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • Background We investigated the long-term outcome of gene therapy for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) due to the lack of adenosine deaminase (ADA), a fatal disorder of purine metabolism and immunodeficiency. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • How much does the average FIU student know about the human immunodeficiency virus? —  FIUSM.com
  • Bukrinsky MI, Sharova N, McDonald TL, Pushkarskaya T, Tarpley WG, et al. (1993) Association of integrase, matrix, and reverse transcriptase antigens of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 with viral nucleic acids following acute infection. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
 

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