UK Boy with SDS Headed to Transplant

This is a newspaper article about a boy in the UK who is headed for bone marrow transplant.  Kane Prepares for Transplant

Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Registry Website up!

The North American Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome registry website is now up and running!  Check it out: http://www.sdsregistry.org/

CD markers - pathology

CD Markers

New Shwachman-Diamond America eNewsletter Nove-Dec 2009

The November-December Shwachman-Diamond America newsletter has been uploaded to the Shwachman-Diamond America website.




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Surgical Site Infection Recognition Info

Surgical Site Infection Recognition


This site contains good information on how to recognizes and infection at a surgical site.




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Normal Surgical Wound Healing Chart

Surgical Wound Healing

the link above is to a chart with nice graphics on how normal surgical wounds heal!






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Video of Neutrophil moving toward bacteria

http://www.biochemweb.org/neutrophil.shtml








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Bone Marrow Pathology

http://www.pathology.vcu.edu/education/programs/resident/NewSite/Marrow%204.pdf

This is a great interactive bone marrow pathology site!






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New Congenital Neutropenia Syndrome And Causative Gene Mutation Identified By Scientists

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134370.php

New Congenital Neutropenia Syndrome And Causative Gene Mutation Identified By Scientists

"Our discovery will help facilitate genetic diagnosis in this newly defined group of severe congenital neutropenia patients," said Christoph Klein, M.D., Ph.D., Hannover Medical School, the principal investigator of the study. "Knowledge about the underlying genetic defect is an important first step in developing a targeted therapy."



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poikilocytosis, anisocytosis

Links on poikilocytosis :

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/poikilocytosis

http://www.answers.com/topic/poikilocytosis



http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/anisocytosis



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Minimizing Infusion Anxiety

I.G. Living also has an article on minimizing infusion anxiety this month. They have it on their website. The Employment Law article is not on the site….

Thought I’d share this article, too. Minimizing Infusion Anxiety

http://www.igliving.com/web_files/A-M09_Anxiety.pdf






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Immune Deficiencies and Celiac

Very interesting article that goes into how people with certain immune deficiencies may go with undiagnosed Celiac because the tests don’t always come out *normal positive* in people with certain problems/immune deficiencies. People with antibody defects or more extensive primary immune deficiencies may not have reliable results on celiac testing.

Since we have so many kids on the SDS list with antibody deficiencies, I thought I would post this! This is from the December-January 2009 I.G. living magazine

http://www.igliving.com/web_files/d-j09_Celiac.pdf




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Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Surveying the Options

Since IG living is written for immune patients…. They have some good articles. I thought this was interesting since we often talk about this on the list.

http://www.igliving.com/web_files/a-s08_CAM.pdf

Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Surveying the Options






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Article: Not Another Sinus Infection!

http://www.igliving.com/web_files/f07-sinus.pdf

Not Another Sinus Infection!

Tips on sinusitis for immune compromised individuals…..



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Chronic Illness and Education: Helping Teens Soar!

Chronic Illness and education: Helping Teens Soar!

http://www.igliving.com/web_files/feat_a-s06_illness_educ.pdf

A great article to help teens do well in school!





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Tips for the School Nurse: Getting to know PIDD

Tips for the School Nurse: getting to know PIDD

http://www.igliving.com/web_files/feat_a-s06_tips_nurse.pdf


An Article that might be good to give a school nurse.





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Special Education Plans: Parents are the Best Advocates

http://www.igliving.com/web_files/feat_a-s06_spec_edplans.pdf

Special Education Plans: Parents are the Best Advocates

Sharing this article because we talk about it so much on the list! Goes into 504, IEP and IDEA Law…..





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