diseases for immunodeficiencies Flashcards by Abbie Spencer | Brainscape

Q

THYMIC tissue missing
1.) susceptible to life threatening infection
no T cells

A

DiGeorge Syndrome

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no T or B cells

A

severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome

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once infected, will acquire immunodeficiencies

) pneumocystis carinii
) kaposi’s sarcoma, target helper T cells, macrophages and dendritic cells

A

AIDS-caused by HIV-1

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