A case of atypical POEMS syndrome without polyneuropathy

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 452-455

  Morizane, Ryuji ^a   Sasamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Minakuchi, Hitoshi ^a   Takae, Yujiro ^a   Kikuchi, Haruhito ^a   Yoshiya, Naomi ^b   Hashiguchi, Akinori ^a   Konishi, Konosuke ^a   Okamoto, Shinichiro ^a   Itoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuropathy; Osteosclerotic myeloma; POEMS syndrome

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; M PROTEIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POEMS SYNDROME; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POEMS SYNDROME; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 41849097753     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2008.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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