Editors-in-Chief
MR Lokeshwar
MD DCH
Consultant Pediatrician and Pediatric Hematologist Shushrusha Citizens’ Co-operative Hospital Lilavati Hospital and Research Center
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Anupam Sachdeva
MD DCH
Director Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Institute for Child Health Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi, India Recipient, Dr BC Roy Award Recipient, Silver Jubilee Research Award
Editors
Nitin K Shah
MD DCH
Professor DNB Pediatrics and Consultant Pediatrician PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Center Professor FNB Pediatric Hematology-Oncology BJ Wadia Hospital for Children Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Past President Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 2006
Bharat Agarwal
MD DCH (Bom) DNB (MNAMS)
Head Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology BJ Wadia Hospital for Children Institute of Child Health and Research Center
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mamta Manglani
MD (Ped) DCH
Director Comprehensive Thalassemia Care Centre and Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre Magathane, Borivli (East) (A Satellite Centre of LTM Medical College and General Hospital, Sion
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Executive Editor
Asha Pillai
Foreword
Santosh T Soans
Raj Warrier
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Fetal and Neonatal Hematology, Oncology and Immunology
First Edition: 2017
9789386322760
FM5Dedicated to
All children—Born and to be Born in the World!
FM7Contributors
- Aarathi R Rau MD
- Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- MS Ramaiah Medical College
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Akanksha Chichra MBBS DNB (Pediatrics) FNB (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
- Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
- Asian Cancer Institute
- Kohinoor Hospital
- Surya Children Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Amita Aggarwal MD DM FASc FNASc FAMS
- Professor
- Department of Clinical Immunology
- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Amita Mahajan MD MRCPCH CCST
- Senior Consultant Pediatric
- Hematology and Oncology
- Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Amit Rawat MD (Pathology) PDCC (Laboratory Immunology) PDCC (Nephropathology) MAMS
- Additional Professor
- Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Pediatric Allergy Immunology Unit
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical
- Education and Research
- Chandigarh, India
- Investigator
- ICMR Center for Advanced Research in Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
- Anand Deshpande MD (Pathology)
- Consultant
- Transfusion Medicine and Hematology
- Consultant Hematopathologist and In-Charge Transfusion Medicine
- PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Center
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Anand Prakash MD DNB FNB (Ped Hem Onc)
- Associate Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- St Johns Medical College Hospital
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Anirban Das MD (Pediatrics) DM (Pediatric Hematology-Oncology)
- Consultant
- Department of Pediatrics Hematology-Oncology
- Tata Medical Center
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Ankur Jindal MD (Pediatrics)
- Senior Resident (DM)
- Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology Unit
- Advance Pediatric Center
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical
- Education and Research
- Chandigarh, India
- Anupama S Borker MD DCH
- Consultant
- Department of Pediatric Oncology
- Asian Cancer Institute
- Somaiya Ayurvihar
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Consultant Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist
- HCG Cancer Center
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Anupam Sachdeva MD DCH
- Director
- Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Institute for Child Health
- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Recipient, Dr BC Roy Award
- Recipient, Silver Jubilee Research Award
- Arpita Bhattacharya MRCP (Pediatrics)
- Senior Consultant
- Department of Pediatric Oncology
- Tata Medical Center
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Ashwin Mallipatna MS DNB
- Pediatric Ophthalmologist
- Battu Eye Center
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- (Col) ATK Rau MD DHA
- Professor and In-Charge
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit
- Department of Pediatrics
- MS Ramaiah Medical College
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Former Chairperson
- PHO Chapter of the IAP
- Avijeet Yadav MD (Pediatrics)
- Consultant Neonatologist and Pediatrician
- Dr BL Kapur Memorial Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Avneet Kaur MBBS DCH DNB (Pediatrics)
- DNB (Neonatology-Gold medalist) FAGE
- Consultant Neonatologist
- Apollo Cradle
- New Delhi, India
- BD Bhatia MD DCH FAMS FICN FIAP FNNF
- Professor and Head
- Department of Pediatrics
- Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Bharat Agarwal MD DCH (Bom) DNB (MNAMS)
- Head
- Department of Pediatric Hematology
- and Oncology
- BJ Wadia Hospital for Children
- Institute of Child Health and Research Center Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Bharat Choudhary MBBS MD (Pediatrics)
- Senior Resident
- Department of Pediatrics
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Bhavna Dhingra MD DNB (Pediatrics)
- Assistant Professor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Biman Saikia MD (Pathology) MNAMS
- Professor
- Department of Immunopathology
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical
- Education and Research
- Chandigarh, India
- Deepak Bansal MD DNB MAMS
- Professor
- Pediatric Hematology Oncology Unit
- Department of Pediatrics
- Advanced Pediatric Center
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical
- Education and Research
- Chandigarh, India
- Deepti Suri MD (Pediatrics) DNB
- Associate Professor
- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Advanced Pediatrics Center
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical
- Education and Research
- Chandigarh, India
- Fellowship Pediatric Oncology
- Senior Fellow
- Tata Medical Center
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Gaurav Tripathi MD (Ped) Fellowship IAP (PHO)
- Consultant Pediatric Hemato-oncologist
- KBT Government Hospital
- Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Girish Chinnaswamy MD MRCP (Pediatrics)
- Associate Professor (Pediatric Oncology)
- Department of Medical Oncology
- Tata Memorial Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Jagdish Chandra MD FIAP
- Director and Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- In-Charge
- Pediatric Hematology and Thalassemia Day Care Center
- Programme Director
- Pediatric Center of Excellence (HIV)
- Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College
- New Delhi, India
- Jahnavi Aluri MTech (Biotechnology) PhD student
- National Institute of Immunohematology
- Padmashree Dr DY Patil University
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Jayashree Mondkar MD DCH
- Professor and Head
- Department of Neonatology
- Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Jitendra K Shandilya PhD student
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit
- Department of Pediatrics
- Advanced Pediatrics Center
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical
- Education and Research
- Chandigarh, India
- Julius Xavier Scott DCH DNB MD (Pediatrics)
- Fellowship in Pediatric Hemato-oncology (Australia)
- Head
- Division of Pediatric Hemato-oncology
- Sri Ramachandra University
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Khushnooma Italia MSc PhD
- Research Associate
- National Institute of Immunohematology
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Kumar Ankur MBBS MD DNB (Neonatology)
- Consultant In-Charge
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Dr BL Kapur Memorial Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Latha M Sneha MD (Pediatrics)
- Assistant Professor
- Division of Pediatric Hemato-oncology
- Sri Ramachandra University
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Latika Gupta MD
- Senior Resident
- Department of Clinical Immunology
- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Mamta Manglani MD (Pediatrics) DCH
- Director
- Comprehensive Thalassemia Care
- Centre and Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre, Magathane, Borivli (East)
- (A Satellite Centre of LTM Medical College and General Hospital, Sion Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
- Manas Kalra MD DNB FNB (Fellowship Westmead Hospital)
- Consultant
- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Director-In-Charge and Scientist F
- Department of Pediatric Immunology and Leukocyte Biology
- National Institute of Immunohematology (ICMR)
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Maya Gupta MSc (Applied Biology)
- Technical Assistant
- National Institute of Immunohematology Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Maya Prasad MD (Pediatrics) Fellowship in Pediatric Oncology
- Assistant Professor
- Pediatric Oncology
- Tata Memorial Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Meenal Agarwal MD (Obs and Gyne) DM (Medical Genetics)
- Head
- Clinical Genetics
- GenePath Dx
- Causeway Health Care Private Ltd
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- MR Lokeshwar MD DCH
- Consultant Pediatrician and Pediatric Hematologist
- Shushrusha Citizens' Co-operative Hospital
- Lilavati Hospital and Research Center
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Mukesh Desai MBBS DCH MD (Pediatrics)
- Professor
- Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology DNB Board
- Head
- Division of Immunology
- BJ Wadia Hospital for Children
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Nagendra Chaudhary MBBS MD (Pediatrics)
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Universal College of Medical Sciences
- Bhairahawa, Nepal
- Naveen Gupta MD DNB Neonatology Fellowship in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine (BC Children Hospital, Vancouver, Canada)
- Consultant Neonatologist and In-Charge
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Max Super Speciality Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Nimish Kulkarni MD (Pediatrics) Fellow Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Nirav Thacker MD DM
- Specialist Registrar
- Department of Pediatric Oncology
- Tata Memorial Center
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Nita Radhakrishnan MD FNB
- Consultant
- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- Institute of Child Health
- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Nitin Gupta DM Clinical Hematology (AIIMS, Delhi) Fellowship Leukemia/BMT, Vancouver, Canada
- Consultant
- Clinical Hematology and Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplantation
- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Nitin K Shah MD DCH
- Professor
- DNB Pediatrics and Consultant Pediatrician
- PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Center
- Professor
- FNB Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- BJ Wadia Hospital for Children
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Past President
- Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 2006
- Omkar Nagesh Khandkar
- DNB (Pediatrics) Fellow in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Cytology and Gynecological Pathology
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical
- Education and Research
- Chandigarh, India
- Parvati Joshi MBBS MD (Pathology)
- Senior Resident
- Department of Immunopathology
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical
- Education and Research
- Chandigarh, India
- Piali Mandal MD (Pediatrics)
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Lady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Pooja Balasubramanian MD (Pediatrics)
- Fellow in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Prajnya Ranganath MD (Pediatrics) DM (Medical Genetics)
- Associate Professor and Head
- Department of Medical Genetics
- Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences
- Adjunct Scientist
- Diagnostics Division
- Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
- Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Prathima Radhakrishnan MD
- Director
- Bangalore Fetal Medicine Center
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Praveen Narsaria MD (Pediatrics)
- NICU/PICU In-Charge
- Nagarmal Modi Seva Sadan
- Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
- Purna Kurkure MD (Pediatrics) DCH FIAP
- Chairperson
- Division of Pediatric Oncology
- Chief
- Academic Division
- Asian Cancer Institute
- Somaiya Ayurvihar
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Purvi Kadakia Kutty MD (Pediatrics) DCH FIAP (Pediatric Hematology and Oncology) FNB (Pediatric Hematology and Oncology)
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Oncology
- Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Charitable Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Rahul Arora DNB (Hematology (SGRH, Delhi))
- Senior Resident
- Clinical Hematology and Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplantation
- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Rajesh B Sawant MD (Pathology)
- Consultant Transfusion Medicine
- Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Rakesh Lodha MD
- Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- New Delhi, India
- Ratna Sharma MD (Pediatrics) DNB (Fellowship Ped Hem-Onc, Mumbai)
- Consultant
- Department of Pediatrics Hematology-Oncology
- Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai
- Jupiter Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Roshan Colah MSc PhD
- Former Director-in-Charge
- National Institute of Immunohematology
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Senior Resident
- Allergy Immunology Unit
- Advanced Pediatrics Center
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical
- Education and Research
- Chandigarh, India
- Sajid Qureshi MS DNB FICS FAIS
- Professor and Head
- Division of Pediatric Surgical Oncology Department of Surgical Oncology
- Tata Memorial Center
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Sangeeta Mudaliar DNB MRCPCH
- Consultant
- Department of Hematology and Oncology
- BJ Wadia Children Hospital, Mumbai
- Honorary Consultant
- SL Raheja Hospital
- Gurunanak Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Sanjeev Chetry MD (Ped) DNB (Neonatology)
- Neonatologist
- BLK Superspecialty Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Saroj P Panda MD (Ped) Fellow (Ped H and O) DM (Ped Onco)
- Specialist Senior Registrar
- Department of Pediatric Oncology
- Tata Memorial Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Satyendra Katewa MBBS DCH DNB (Peds Fellowship in Peds Hem-Onco and BMT)
- Head
- Department of Pediatric Hemato-oncology
- and Bone Marrow Transplant
- Manipal Hospital
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Satyen K Hemrajani MD (Pediatrics) DNB (Neonatology) Fellowship in Neonatology
- Senior Consultant and In-Charge
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Fortis Escorts Hospital
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Savita Khadse MD (Pediatrics)
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Sheikh Minhaj Ahmed MD DNB MNAMS (Pediatrics)
- Consultant
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Lilavati Hospital and Research Center
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Shashidhar A MD DM (Neonatology)
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Neonatology
- St Johns Medical College
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Shrimati Shetty MSc PhD
- Scientist E
- National Institute of Immunohematology
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- New Delhi, India
- Shripad D Banavali MD (Med, Bom) BC (Ped, USA) BE (Hem-Onc, USA)
- Professor and Head
- Department of Medical and Pediatric Oncology
- Tata Memorial Center
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Shubha R Phadke MD (Pediatrics) DM (Medical Genetics)
- Professor and Head
- Department of Medical Genetics
- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Founding President of Society for Indian Academy of Medical Genetics
- Shweta Singh MD
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Ex-Director
- Surat Raktadan Kendra and Research Center
- Ex-Deputy Director
- National Institute of Immunohematology
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Snehavardhan Pandey DCH DNB
- Specialty Medical Officer
- Division of Hematology-Oncology
- Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Soundarya M MD
- Associate Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Kasturba Medical College, Mangaluru
- Manipal University
- Manipal, Karnataka, India
- Surjit Singh MD DCH FRCP FRCPCH (Lon) FAMS
- Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- In-Charge
- Allergy Immunology Unit
- Advanced Pediatrics Center
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical
- Education and Research
- Chandigarh, India
- Principal Investigator
- ICMR Center for Advanced Research in
- Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
- Sushil K Kabra MD DNB
- Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- New Delhi, India
- Swathi Shetty MSc
- Research Faculty
- Center for Human Genetics
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Swati Kanakia MD DCH PHD
- Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist
- Lilavati Hospital and Research Center
- Kanakia Health Care
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- (Col) Tathagata Chatterjee MD MNAMS DM
- Professor and Head
- Department of Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine
- Armed Forces Medical College
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Tulika Seth MD American Board Certified Fellowship in Hematology Oncology (USA)
- Professor
- Department of Hematology
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- New Delhi, India
- (Maj) Ujjwal Dimri MD (IH & BT)
- OIC Blood Bank
- Armed Forces Transfusion Center
- New Delhi, India
- Venkatraman Radhakrishnan MD DM
- Associate Professor
- Department of Medical and Pediatric Oncology
- Cancer Institute
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Vignesh P MD
- DM Resident
- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Advanced Pediatrics Center
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical
- Education and Research
- Chandigarh, India
- Vinod Gunasekaran MD FNB IAP Fellowship (Ped Hemato-onco)
- Clinical Assistant
- Pediatric Hemato-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit
- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
- New Delhi, India
- Vivek Choudhury MBBS MD (Pediatrics) DNB (Neonatology)
- Consultant Neonatologist
- Apollo Cradle
- New Delhi, India
- VP Choudhry MD FIAP FIMSA FIACM FISHTM
- Senior Consultant Hematology
- Batra Hospital and Medical Research Center
- New Delhi, India
- Fortis Escorts Hospital
- Faridabad, Haryana, India
Compiling an authoritative book on a technically complex subject calls for a considerable team work. The Fetal and Neonatal Hematology, Oncology and Immunology is an outstanding example of such a quest. It is an encyclopedic work boasting of the combined talents of 95 experts in the field who have contributed to its making. The editorial team has been able to bring together so many professionals to write on the diverse subjects and present the output in a cohesive and comprehensible format. This itself is impressive.
The book spanning 450 plus pages is neatly organized into 57 chapters with attractive design, and illustrated with color, black and white photographs, line art and flow charts, tables and boxes. The very narrow focus of the book implies the intensity of expertise, which can be accessed between its covers. Issues concerning fetal and neonatal hematology and oncology are by their very nature very rare occurrences. Hence, even experienced pediatricians can find themselves challenged, when confronted with such complaints in a clinical setting. Books like these come in handy precisely at such a juncture and are instrumental in helping the pediatricians to meet the demands of the moment.
The editorial board under the stewardship of Dr MR Lokeshwar, who is a father figure in the field of pediatric hemato-oncology, comprises of stalwarts such as Dr Anupam Sachdeva, Dr Nitin K Shah, Dr Bharat Agarwal and Dr Mamta Manglani. They deserve our gratitude and congratulations for dedicating their time, and effort in putting this book together. It is a valuable addition to the available body of literature concerning the subjects. I am sure that they will feel sufficiently motivated by the response and support attracted by the present edition, and will continue their endeavor to bring out follow-up subsequent editions in the future.
I express my best wishes to the authors and the readers alike. I hope that the information contained in this book will be beneficial in providing timely relief to the patient community at large.
Santosh T Soans MD DCH
Pediatrician and Intensivist Medical Chambers Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
President Elect 2017 Central IAP
FM17Foreword
I feel privileged to write a foreword to Fetal and Neonatal Hematology, Oncology and Immunology being edited and published by some of the leaders in the field in the country as well as many future leaders. The field of pediatric hematology has seen immense development over the last few decades. It was with heartbreaking sadness that I left India to USA in 1975 to get training in Pediatric Hematology Oncology. Now, we have multiple centers of excellence in care and education for the specialty with significant clinical and even basic research programs. The level of interest for the field among students, residents and primary care doctors is immense, the book will go a long way in educating them, and also offer the options for initial care and follow-up. My special thanks to Drs MR Lokeshwar, Anupam Sachdeva, Nitin K Shah, Bharat Agarwal, and Mamta Manglani and among others for fostering and developing the specialty and now publishing this comprehensive review which will benefit the children along with the doctors.
Proud to be an Indian Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist!
Raj Warrier MD FAAP FIAP
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Ochsner Hospital for Children
Professor Emeritus and Clinical Professor LSU Health Sciences Center and Children's Hospital
Professor Department of Pediatrics Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Professor Department of Pediatrics University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics Former Vice-Chancellor Manipal University Manipal, Karnataka, India
FM19Preface
After a highly successful textbook on Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, we are extremely pleased to present this first of its kind and a unique textbook on Fetal and Neonatal Hematology, Oncology and Immunology. The book covers the problems related to fetal and neonatal hematology, oncology, something that we encounter often in our day-to-day practice and do not have enough resources for help, as such a book is rare to find.
This book is extensively written with 57 chapters contributed by a galaxy of 95 pioneering authors across the country and abroad. It is spread over 450 plus pages, making it elaborate enough to cover all aspects of Fetal and Neonatal Hematology, Oncology and Immunology and yet concise enough to make reading easy and interesting. The chapters are lucidly written and simplified by having tables and boxes to illustrate salient features of the article, making it easy to revise it at a glance. There are 65 colored photographs, 21 black and white photographs, 37 line arts and 44 flow charts, which makes the reading non-monotonous and captivating.
Looking at the size of the book, the number of important topics covered, a galaxy of authors and colorful illustrations with the help of photographs, tables and flow charts, we are confident that this book will become a table companion for Pediatricians, Pediatric Hematologists/Oncologists/Immunologists and Neonatologists alike, when faced with problems related to Fetal and Neonatal Hematology, Oncology and Immunology. Do write back to us with your suggestions and criticism that will help us to improve the subsequent edition of the book.
Editors
FM21Acknowledgments
We would like to express our gratitude to all who enabled us to publish this book, without whose help this book would not have seen the light of the day:
Our sincere and grateful thanks to the family of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India, Ms Chetna Malhotra (Associate Director—Publishing) and Mr Manish Pahuja (General Manager) without whom publishing this book would not have been possible.
We are grateful to all our contributors for meeting deadlines and excellent work delivered.
Our special thanks to Mr Harish Raut, Mr Sunil Kumar Dogra (Production Executive), Mr Binay Kumar (Proofreader), Mr Manver Singh (Typesetter), and Mr Amit Mathur (Graphic Designer) for assisting us in the editing, proofreading and designing skills.
All the patients and families for allowing us to continue to learn the subject.
We would also like to thank our family members for their support during the making of this book when we might have not been available to them due to the pressures of our work.
Last but not least, we beg forgiveness of all those whose names might have been inadvertently missed though they have been a part of our journey with the book.
Editorial Board