Why do children cured by enzyme-replacement therapy for adenosine deaminase deficiency need periodic treatment?
ADA deficiency is caused due to deletion of the gene for adenosine deaminase.
The enzyme replacement therapy involves the injection of functional ADA into the body of the patient. But this is not a permanent cure because the functional ADA is not immortal.
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