Overview
- Integrates the latest data on the topic in a quick reference format
- Practical guide on the vaccination of a vulnerable population
- Discusses various groups of immunocompromised children
Part of the book series: In Clinical Practice (ICP)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book provides cutting-edge information on the vaccination of children treated with various immunosuppressive regimens. The latest literature and recommendations on vaccination in immunosuppressed children are discussed in detail, providing practical guidelines on vaccination for specialists caring for immunosuppressive paediatric patients.
Vaccination of Immunosuppressed Children in Clinical Practice is a clinically-focused synthesis for a wide audience of paediatricians around the world. Paediatricians (including rheumatologists, gastroenterologists, immunologists, neurologists, nephrologists, oncologists, haematologists) will find this book to be an essential resource for their daily clinical practice.Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Geraldine Blanchard-Rohner is a senior pediatric immunologist and vaccinologist at the University Hospital Geneva, treating children with immunological problems. She holds an MD from the University of Geneva and a DPhil from the University of Oxford, and has widely published on the immune response after vaccination. Her research has won several prizes, among others the Prix Pfizer in 2017.
Laure F. Pittet is a senior paediatrician and vaccinologist at the University Hospital of Geneva. She holds an MD and PhD from the University of Geneva and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the Royal Children’s Hospital of Melbourne. She has widely published on the immune response after vaccination in immunocompromised children.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Vaccination of Immunosuppressed Children in Clinical Practice
Authors: Geraldine Blanchard-Rohner, Laure F. Pittet
Series Title: In Clinical Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04844-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04843-2Published: 15 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-04844-9Published: 14 June 2022
Series ISSN: 2199-6652
Series E-ISSN: 2199-6660
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 214
Number of Illustrations: 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pediatrics