- Male with absent or very low number of T cells (<300 autologous T cells/microL) or T cells of maternal origin, and
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- No or very low T cell function (<10% of lower limit of normal) as measured by response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA), and
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- Normal B cell numbers, and low to absent NK cells (<40/microL), and
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- Presence of a hemizygous pathogenic variant in IL2RG gene by molecular testing or absent expression of IL2RG on B lymphocytes (may be present in some mutations but nonfunctional)
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- NOTE: Family history of SCID in male is supportive of diagnosis
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