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- Americans with Disabilities Act
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| Abbreviations: ADA |
| Meaning | Category |
| A Darling Actress | Miscellaneous->Funnies |
| Ada language source code file | Computing->File Extensions |
| Adana, Turkey | Regional->Airport Codes |
| Adangme | Regional->Language Codes (3 Letters) |
| Adenosine DeAminase | Medical->Laboratory |
| Adenosine Deaminase A | Medical->Human Genome |
| After Date of Award (of contract) | Governmental->Military |
| Ageing Dodering Altzhimic | Miscellaneous->Funnies |
| Air Defense Area | Governmental->Military |
| Air Defense Artillery | Governmental->Military |
| Alaska Division Of Alcoholism And Drug Abuse | Regional->Alaska |
| Alternatives To Domestic Aggression | Community->Law |
| American Dairy Association | Academic & Science->Universities |
| American Dental Association | Medical Medical->Physiology |
| American Diabetes Association | Community->Non-Profit Organizations |
| American Dietetic Association | Community->Educational |
| American Disabilities Act | Community->Law |
| Americans Dollars For Attorneys | Community->Law |
| Americans For Democratic Action | Governmental->Politics |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | Community->Educational Governmental->US Government Governmental->Transportation Medical->Human Genome Community->Law |
| Analog Digital Analog | Computing->General |
| Analog Digital Associates | Business->Firms |
| Annemarie's Dance Academy | Business->Firms |
| Anno Domini Aquarii | International->Latin |
| Anterior descending artery | Medical->Physiology |
| Anti Deer Association | Community->Sports |
| Applauding Deaf Artists | Community |
| Apprentice Dark Angel | Business->Positions |
| Architects and Designers Association | Academic & Science->Architecture |
| Assistant District Attorney | Community->Law |
| Athletes Demand Action | Academic & Science->Universities |
| Attorneys Dreams Answered | Community->Law |
| Automated Degree Audit | Academic & Science->Universities |
| Average Daily Attendance | Community->Educational |
| Aviation Data and Analysis System | Governmental->Transportation |
| International IEEE Conference on ADA Applications and Environments | Academic & Science->IEEE |
| Programming language named after Lady Ada Augusta Byron | Computing->Software |
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| WordNet: ADA |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
Synonym: adenosine deaminase
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| Adenosine deaminase deficiency | |
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | D81.3 |
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| ICD-9 | 279.2 |
| OMIM | 102700 |
| DiseasesDB | 260 |
Adenosine deaminase deficiency, also called ADA deficiency or ADA-SCID,[1] is an autosomal recessive[2] metabolic disorder that causes immunodeficiency.
It accounts for about 15% of all cases of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).[3]
ADA deficiency may present in infancy, childhood, adolescense, or adulthood.[1] Age of onset and severity is related to some 29 known genotypes associated with the disorder.[4]
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ADA deficiency is due to a lack of the enzyme adenosine deaminase coded for by a gene on chromosome 20. There is an accumulation of deoxyadenosine,[5] which causes an increase in S-adenosylhomocysteine; both substances are toxic to immature lymphocytes, which thus fail to mature. As a result, the immune system is severely compromised or completely lacking.
The enzyme adenosine deaminase is important in the purine salvage pathway.
Treatments include:
On September 14, 1990,the first gene therapy to combat this disease was performed by Dr. W. French Anderson on a four year old girl, Ashanti DeSilva, at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.[6]
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