Optic disc edema, cystoid macular edema, and elevated vascular endothelial growth factor in a patient with POEMS syndrome

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 180-183

  Chong, Deborah Y ^a   Comer, Grant M ^a   Trobe, Jonathan D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANASARCA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PAPILLEDEMA; PARAPROTEINEMIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SKIN DEFECT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PAPILLEDEMA; POEMS SYNDROME; RETINAL ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34748887170     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31814b2845     Document Type: Article

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