severe combined immunodeficiency, autosomal recessive, T cell-negative, B cell-negative, NK cell-negative, due to adenosine deaminase deficiency
Findings
No curated finding names severe combined immunodeficiency, autosomal recessive, T cell-negative, B cell-negative, NK cell-negative, due to adenosine deaminase deficiency yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A form of SCID characterized by profound lymphopenia and very low immunoglobulin levels of all isotypes resulting in severe and recurrent opportunistic infections.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0007064), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
- Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive inheritance
- Onset and course
- Infantile onset · Neonatal onset
HPO, annotations 2026-09-02
Features
31 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Aplasia of the thymusHPOHP:0005359
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- Chronic diarrheaHPOHP:0002028
- 2 of 2 reported patients
- Decreased total lymphocyte countHPOHP:0001888
- 2 of 2 reported patients
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DiarrheaHPOHP:0002014
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Failure to thriveHPOHP:0001508
- 2 of 2 reported patients
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Genes
1 gene
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
- ADAHGNC:186
- Definitive · ClinGen · Autosomal recessive · 2020
- Definitive · Myriad Women's Health · Autosomal recessive · 2018
- Definitive · G2P · Autosomal recessive · 2015
- Definitive · Natera · Autosomal recessive · 2023
- Strong · Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae) · Autosomal recessive · 2020
- Strong · PanelApp Australia · Autosomal recessive · 2025
- Supportive · Orphanet · Autosomal recessive · 2021
Where it sits
Other names
9 names
Resolves to: severe combined immunodeficiency, autosomal recessive, T cell-negative, B cell-negative, NK cell-negative, due to adenosine deaminase deficiency
- Also called
- ADA deficiencyADA-SCIDadenosine deaminase deficiencyadenosine deaminase deficiency, partial, Autosomal recessive, Somatic mosaicismadenosine deaminase deficient severe combined immunodeficiencySCID due to ADA deficiencySCID due to ADA deficiency, early-onsetSCID due to adenosine deaminase deficiencysevere combined immunodeficiency due to ADA deficiency, Autosomal recessive, Somatic mosaicism