Haematologica Reports 2006; 2: issue 10
VTH International Neonatal
Hematology and Immunology Meeting
Foreword
G. Chirico
Department of Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
Lecture
Foetal-maternal immune interactions
G.R. Burgio, R. Maccario
Innate and Adaptive Immunology
Impaired innate immune responses in human neonates
L. Marodi
Thymic and extrathymic contributions to T helper cell function in murine neonates
B. Adkins, P. Guevara, S. Rose
The neonate with severe combined immunodeficiency
F. Porta, A. Lanfranchi, E. Mazzolari, L.D. Notarangelo
Immunology and Infection I
Diagnostic criteria of hypogammaglobulinemia in infancy
V. Luogaris, A. Soresina, A. Meini, E. Vettore, G. Cattaneo, A. Plebani
Ontogeny of the immune system
A. Maheshwari, M. Zemlin
Immunologic components of human milk
G. Chirico, A. Gasparoni
Genetic polymorphisms in neonatal sepsis
A. Del Vecchio, G. Ladisa, N. Laforgia, C. De Felice, G. Presta, G. Latini
Immunology and Infection II
Immuno-modulation in neonatal sepsis: intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in the prevention and treatment of neonatal sepsis: is the answer, ‘Yes’, ‘No’, or ‘Don’t know’?
K.N. Haque
Toward improving mucosal barrier defense: rhG-CSF plus IgG antibody
E.F. La Gamma, A. Simmonds
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): Characteristics of Infection and the Role of Immune Response in the Evolution of Disease
Pearay L. Ogra
Autoimmune diseases, Inflammation and
Thrombophilia
Autoimmune diseases and pregnancy
A. Tincani, M. Nuzzo, M. Motta, A. Lojacono
Neonates from mother with autoimmune disease
M. Motta, A. Ticani, C. Perez-Rodriguez, A. Lojacono, L. Ciardelli, G. Chirico
Coagulation and Hematology
The bleeding neonate
S. Aronis-Vournas
Use of Fresh Frozen Plasma and Plasma Proteins in Newborn Infants
M.J. Manco-Johnson1, N.l A. Goldenberg
Thrombocytopenia in the NICU: new insights into causative mechanisms and treatments
M.C. Sola-Visner
Update on the SAFEstart clinical trials
R.D. Christensen, D.K. Lambert, C.K. Barney, D.A. Calhoun, A. Maheshwari, V. Lima-Rogel
Hematology I
Hematopoietic regulation of the embryo
M.C. Yoder
Darbepoietin a: pharmacokinetics and clinical use in neonates
R.K. Ohls, A. Dai, M. Roohi
Red cell enzyme deficiencies: molecular and clinical aspects
A. Zanella, P. Bianchi, E. Fermo
Hematology II
Biomarkers of oxidative stress in the fetus and newborn
G. Buonocore, S. Perrone
Erythropoietin as a neonatal neuroprotectant: basic and clinical studies
S.E. Juul
Surfactant proteins and the inflammatory response in the lung
I. Barberi, S. D’Arrigo, E. Gitto
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in newborn and infants
Maurizio Aricò
Hematology III
In utero transplantation for genetical diseases
F. Porta, F. Bolda, E. Baggio, S. Berta, R. Baffelli, M. Ridella, S. Guarisco, V. Grassi, D. de Martis, K. Tettoni, L.D. Notarangelo, A. Lanfranchi
Cord blood: a new source of hematopoietic stem cells
F. Locatelli, G. Giorgiani, E. Bergami
Thrombocytopenia and neutropenia among extremely low birth weight neonates
R.D. Christensen, E. Henry, S.E. Wiedmeier, R.A. Stoddard, M.C. Sola-Visner, D.K. Lambert