Immunology and Immunodeficiency in Childhood Course

Immunology and Immunodeficiency in Childhood Course is organized by UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) and will be held on Mar 22, 2019 at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, England, United Kingdom.

The target audience for this medical event is general paediatricians, providing an update of the recognition of primary immunodeficiency, management of immunocompromised patients, new immunomodulatory therapies, including monoclonal antibody therapies, and the science underlying these topics.

Aims of the course :
• Make immunology accessible for general paediatricians.
• Give confidence in identifying and managing patients with primary immunodeficiency (PID).
• Understand diagnoses and management of common PIDs.
• Feel comfortable caring for children post bonemarrow transplant.
• Insight into newer treatments and thosebeing introduced.

Conference Topics :
• When you should suspect immunodeficiency.
• How to find out if something’s wrong.
• Immunoglobulin therapy.
• Haematopoietic stem cell transplant and gene therapy.
• Newborn screening.
• Management of infection in the immunocompromised patient.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.