All-trans-retinoic acid in POEMS syndrome: Therapeutic effect associated with decreased circulating levels of proinflammatory cytokines

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1423-1426

  Authier, François Jerome ^a   Belec, Laurent ^a   Levy, Yves ^a   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a   Defer, Gilles Louis ^a   Degos, Jean Denis ^a   Gherardi, Romain K ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; RETINOIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPISTAXIS; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GAMMOPATHY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0029740712     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390824     Document Type: Article

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