Marked improvement of severe polyneuropathy associated with multifocal osteosclerotic myeloma following surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1035-1037

  Rotta, Francisco T ^a   Bradley, Walter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Osteosclerotic myeloma; Peripheral neuropathy; POEMS syndrome

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; DANAZOL; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELOMA; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; POEMS SYNDROME; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 0030803567     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199708)20:8<1035::AID-MUS16>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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