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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Immunol. 2010 Oct 28;138(1):3–8. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2010.09.010

Table 2.

Ages of occurrence of events for infants with SCID with no recognized prior affected family members.*

Number of Responses Mean Age (weeks) Median Age (weeks)
Age at onset of SCID symptoms 103 11 8
Age at diagnosis of SCID 101 26 24
Age at which definitive treatment instituted** 98 34 28
Age at death, if deceased 56 117 45
*

These infants became symptomatic prior to diagnosis of their SCID. In some of these families a positive family history was ultimately recognized retrospectively.

**

Definitive treatments in these infants included transplantation or enzyme replacement.