Neonatal Hematology and Immunology III: Proceedings of the Third Neonatal Hematology and Immunology Symposium, Held in Washington, D. C., U. S. A. on 29 September - 1 October 1996, Vol. 113

Author: Joseph A. Bellanti
Published: April 1997
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
ISBN: 0444825738
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 262

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For hematologists, immunologists, pediatricians, obstetricians, and other medical professionals, draws on recent research to propose methods of preventing and treating diseases in newborns. The 33 papers cover the microbial host-cell interaction, new methods of diagnosis and immunological enhancement in bacterial infection, the pathogenesis and treatment of viral infections, the effects of nutrition on the common mucosal immune system and its role in disease and food allergy, new concepts as a basis for treating and preventing food allergy, premature and low- birthweight infants, immunologically-mediated cytophenias and anemia, preventing and treating anemia in the neonate, coagulation, and hematopoietic stem cell function in normal development and in reconstitution. Reproduced from typescripts. No subject index. .

Table of Contents
Microbial host-cell interaction: adherence, invasiveness and cytotoxicity 3
Role of inflammatory mediators in the pathogenesis of group B streptococcal septic shock and pneumonia 9
Host defense against candida in the human neonate: hyporesponsiveness of neonatal macrophages to activation by interferon-[gamma] 15
The role of antibody in neonatal immunity to bacterial pathogens 23
Clinical and experimental aspects on the use of G-CSF in the neonate 33
Effects of rhG-CSF on Neutrophil Fc[gamma] and complement receptors in ventilated very low birth weight human neonates 39
The role of cytokines in the prevention and treatment of neonatal sepsis 49
Does intravenous immunogloblulin therapy have a role in the treatment of neonatal sepsis? 55
Antiviral defenses of the human neonate 65
Immunopathology of mucosal viral infection in early childhood 77
The role of animal models in the development of RespiGam as a preventive for respiratory syncytial virus disease in infants 85
Use of RSV antibody in the prevention of bronchiolitis in infancy 91
Prophylaxis for respiratory syncytial virus infection with immune globulin 97
Interactions between the nervous and immune systems 105
Protective function of human milk 109
The development of the mucosal immune system in the sick neonate 115
Breast milk cells and their interaction with intestinal mucosa 121
Intestinal faecal microflora during early infancy. Influence of genetical and environmental factors 127
Role of dietary nucleotides in the modulation of immune response 139
A reciprocal relationship between the early postnatal production of interleukin-10 by human blood mononuclear leukocytes and interleukin-10 in human milk 147
Food allergy and oral tolerance 153
The role of probiotics and prebiotics in infants 159
The experiences with recombinant human erythropoietin to premature infants with birth weight [actual symbol not reproducible]1000 g 175
Prevention of anemias in very low-birthweight infants 181
Antibody-mediated perinatal cytopenias 189
Hereditary spherocytosis in newborns 197
Oxidative hemolysis in the newborn: a new approach to an old problem 203
Hematological abnormalities related to free radical release in newborns with asphyxia 209
Aortic thrombosis in catheterized neonates documented by ultrasonography: correlation with haemostasis activation 217
Thrombophilia in the newborn 225
The microenvironment of the pre-implantation embryo 233
Lymphocyte ontogeny and development in the fetus and the neonate 239
Phenotypic characteristics of hemopoietic precursors derived from fetal and adult bone marrow 245
Index of authors 251

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