Pediatrics

Below you will find a collection of articles from Hematology, the ASH Education Program Book, written by experts in pediatric hematology and oncology, including articles on pediatric leukemia and lymphoma, and sickle cell disease. Additional links to organizations focusing on pediatric issues are also available.

Cancers

• Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children and Adolescents: Peaks and Pitfalls (2008)
• Burkitt Lymphoma: Revisiting the Pathogenesis of a Virus-Associated Malignancy (2007)
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (2007)
• Should Adolescents with NHL Be Treated as Old Children or Young Adults? (2007)
• Tumor-Specific Genetic Lesions and Their Influence on Therapy in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (2006)
• Cancer Survivorship-Pediatric Issues (2005)
• Central Nervous System Lymphoma (2002)

Benign Diseases

• Newborn Screening for Non-Sickling Hemoglobinopathies (2009)
• Clinical Approach to Marrow Failure (2009)
• Congenital Neutropenia (2009)
• 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)
• Current and Future Therapies of Sickle Cell Anemia: An Historical Perspective (2008)
• Novel Small Molecule Therapeutics for Sickle Cell Disease: Nitric Oxide, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrite, and Apolipoprotein A-I (2008)
• Gene Replacement Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease and Other Blood Disorders (2008)
• Pain Management in Sickle Cell disease: Palliative Care Begins at Birth? (2008)
• Mechanisms of Vasculopathy in Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia (2008)
• New Anticoagulants in Children (2008)
• Pediatric Thrombophilia and Thrombosis: An Historical Perspective (2008)
• Thrombophilia in Children: Who to Test, How, When, and Why? (2008)
• Thrombophilia States and Markers of Coagulation Activiation in the Prediction of Pediatric Venous Thromboembolic Outcomes: A Comparative Analysis with Respect to Adult Evidence (2008)
• Limitations of Clinical Trials in Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Study of the Multi-center Study of Hydroxyurea (MSH) Trial and the Stroke Prevention (STOP) Trial (2007)
• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura of Childhood (2006)
• Disorders of Neutrophil Number and Function (2006)
• Hereditary Periodic Fever Syndromes (2005)
• Chronic Granulomatous Disease and Other Disorders of Phagocyte Function (2005)
• Aplastic Anemia: Management of Pediatric Patients (2005)

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