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asystole

Medical; Illness

A condition in which the heart no longer beats, accompanied by the absence of complexes in the electrocardiogram.

ventricular fibrillation

Anatomy; Allergies and allergens

An erratic, disorganized firing of impulses from the ventricles. The ventricles quiver and are unable to contract or pump blood to the body. This is a medical emergency that ...

deficiency ZAP70

Medical; Illness

The zeta chain-associated protein kinase of 70 kD, ZAP-70, is involved in T cell receptor signaling and is critical for T cell differentiation and function. Deficiency of ZAP-70 ...

JAK3 deficiency

Medical; Illness

Defects in the JAK3 gene (Janus kinase 3) are a cause of autosomal recessive T-cell negative/B-cell positive severe combined immunodeficiency (T-B+ SCID), a condition ...

lymphopenia

Medical; Illness

Lack of lymphocytes. When not more precisely defined, the term refers to pediatric patients. In MeSH, the term is assumed to refer to an infant or child. In children, it is ...

bare lymphocyte syndrome (BLS)

Medical; Illness

A rare immunodeficiency disorder manifested by the partial or complete disappearance of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins from the surface of the cells.

herpetic infections

Medical; Illness

One of the major virus families, to which the herpes simplex, varicella zoster, and Epstein-Barr viruses belong. Viruses in this family have a double-stranded linear molecular ...