POEMS syndrome associated with ischemic stroke

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 745-749

  Kang, Kyusik ^a   Chu, Kon ^a   Kim, Dong Eog ^c   Jeong, Sang Wuk ^a   Lee, Jun Won ^b   Roh, Jae Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POEMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0038665193     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.5.745     Document Type: Article

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