Plasma cell dyscrasia with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, m protein, and skin changes: The POEMS syndrome: Report on two cases and a review of the literature

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 311-322

  Bardwick, P A ^a   Zvaifler, N J ^a   Gill, G N ^a   Newman, D ^a   Greenway, G D ^a   Resnick, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BONE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HYPERPIGMENTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PAPILLEDEMA; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; POLYNEUROPATHY;

ADULT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOMA PROTEINS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; SPLENOMEGALY; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0018902013     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-198007000-00006     Document Type: Article

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