Growth factors in POEMS syndrome: Evidence for a marked increase in circulating vascular endothelial growth factor

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 786-787

  Soubrier, Martin ^a   Dubost, Jean Jacques ^a   Serre, Anne Françoise ^a   Ristori, Jean Michel ^a   Sauvezie, Bernard ^a   Cathebras, Pascal ^b   Piette, Jean Charles ^c   Chapman, Antoine ^d   Authier, François Jérôme ^e   Gherardi, Romain K ^e  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; M PROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; POEMS SYNDROME; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0030914143     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400430     Document Type: Article

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