Immunodeficiency, Infection, and Stem Cell Transplantation: An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

by Berliner, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9781455706334
• ISBN10: 1455706337
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-01
• Publisher: SAUNDERS W B CO

Summary

This issue compiled by Dr. Nancy Berliner focuses on such topics as: A History of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Or What the Children have Taught Us; HLA-haploidentical Donor Transplantation in Severe Combined Immunodeficiency; Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation in Primary Immune Deficiency: Stem Cell Selection and Manipulation; Suffering from Severe Combined Immunodeficiency; Herpes Viruses in Transplant Recipients: HSV,VZV, Human Herpes Viruses, and EBV; and Immunotherapy and Vaccination After Transplant: The Present, the Future.#xA0;

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
A History of Bone Marrow Transplantation	p. 1
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency or What the Children have Taught Us	p. 17
HLA-haploidentical Donor Transplantation in Severe Combined Immunodeficiency	p. 31
Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation in Primary Immune Deficiency: Stem Cell Selection and Manipulation	p. 45
Bone Marrow Transplantation Using HLA-Matched Unrelated Donors for Patients Suffering from Severe Combined Immunodeficiency	p. 63
Purified Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: The Next Generation of Blood and Immune Replacement	p. 75
Gene Therapy for Primary Immunodeficiencies	p. 89
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: An Overview of Infection Risks and Epidemiology	p. 101
Infectious Complications Associated with Immunomodulating Biologic Agents	p. 117
Infections in Pediatric Transplant Recipients: Not Just Small Adults	p. 139
Cytomegalovirus in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients	p. 151
Herpes Viruses in Transplant Recipients: HSV, VZV, Human Herpes Viruses, and EBV	p. 171
Fungal Infections in Transplant and Oncology Patients	p. 193
Immunotherapy and Vaccination After Transplant: The Present, the Future	p. 215
Index	p. 231
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