Infectious Diseases, Immunodeficiency Syndromes, and Autoimmune Diseases

Below you will find a collection of articles from Hematology, the ASH Education Program Book, written by experts in the field about current treatments for a number of viral infections and diseases that affect the immune system. A number of links to organizations that inform and support patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and their families are also available.

Primary Immune Deficiencies

• New Insights Into the Biology of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) (2009)
• Primary Immunodeficiencies (PIDs) Presenting With Cytopenias (2009)
• Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and Related Disorders (2009)
• Familial and Acquired Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (2005)
• Chronic Granulomatous Disease and Other Disorders of Phagocyte Function (2005)
• Immunodeficiency Disorders (2003)

Autoimmune Diseases

• Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Benign Hematological Disorders and Solid Tumors (2003)

Malaria

• Major Hematologic Diseases in the Developing World – New Aspects of Diagnosis and Management of Thalassemia, Malarial Anemia, and Acute Leukemia (2001)

Histiocytic Disorders

• Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and Related Disorders (2009)

Supportive Care and Infections in Cancer Patients

• Of Yeasts and Hyphae: A Hematologist’s Approach to Antifungal Therapy (2006)
• Viral Infections in Patients with Hematological Malignancies (2006)
• Viral Hepatitis: Manifestations and Management Strategy (2006)
• Supportive Care (2004)
• Preventing Opportunistic Infections After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Practice Guidelines and Beyond (2001)

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