The first clinical gene therapy was given in $1990$ to a $4$-year-old girl with an enzyme deficiency of:

  • A
    Adenosine deaminase $(ADA)$
  • B
    Tyrosine oxidase
  • C
    Monoamine oxidase
  • D
    Glutamate dehydrogenase

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