A case of POEMS syndrome associated with reactive amyloidosis and Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-258

  Kihara, Y ^a   Hori, H ^a   Murakami, H ^a   Hatakeyama, Y ^a   Yoshikawa, I ^a   Hamada, T ^a   Otsuki, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

POEMS syndrome; Reactive amyloidosis; Waldenstr m's macroglobulinaemia

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID PROTEIN; CONGO RED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; M PROTEIN;

AGED; ALPHA CHAIN; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FOOT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LEG; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NIGHT; PANCREAS; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PARESTHESIA; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SWEAT; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; BONE MARROW; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JEJUNUM; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PLASMA CELLS; POEMS SYNDROME; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 0036381112     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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