Books by Max J. (Children's National Medical Center Coppes

With collaboration of Dr. Bonita Stanton, Drs. Coppes and Fisher-Owens have created a current issue that looks at oral health in children, with a much needed update in the literature for pediatricians. Top experts have contributed clinical reviews on the following topics: Oral Health and Development; Infant Oral Health and the Influence of Habits; Prevention of tooth decay; Fluoride; Caries; Disparities in Children's Oral Health (including Oral Health of Native Children); Children with Special Health Care Needs; Orthodontics; Oral Manifestations of Systemic Disease (specific to pediatrics and life course); Soft Tissue; Trauma; The Role of Primary Care Physicians (pediatricians and others) in Prevention Oral Disease; and Oral Health Care/Policies. Pediatricians will come away with the current clinical recommendations they need to improve oral health in children.

Reviewing the subject of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation, this title offers reviews on topics including Allogeneic BMT for leukemia, GVL in pediatric leukemia, Stem cell source and outcome following BMT in children, Acute GVHD in children, Chronic GVHD in children, BMT for Hemoglobinopathies, and BMT for immunodeficiency.

Highlights some of the exciting developments in pediatric oncology and hematology. This title includes three articles that focus on pediatric leukemia, which remains the most common form of pediatric cancer.