An autopsy case of POEMS syndrome with a high level of IL-6 and VEGF in the serum and ascitic fluid

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-236

  Minamitani, Shin ^a   Ohfuji, Satoko ^a   Nishiguchi, Shuhei ^a   Shiomi, Susumu ^a   Ogami, Masayuki ^a   Matsuo, Toshihiko ^a   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^a   Ohta, Kensuke ^a   Hino, Masayuki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Crow Fukase syndrome; Cytokine

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MELPHALAN; STEROID; VASCULOTROPIN; VINCRISTINE; ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; LYMPHOKINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID LEVEL; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CROW FUKASE SYNDROME; EDEMA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ASCITES FLUID; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ASCITIC FLUID; AUTOPSY; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOKINES; MIDDLE AGED; POEMS SYNDROME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0036205779     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.233     Document Type: Article

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