Early diagnosis followed by front-line autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for patients affected by POEMS syndrome

Leukemia Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1309-1312

  Laurenti, Luca ^a   De Matteis, Silvia ^a   Sabatelli, Mario ^a   Conte, Amelia ^a   Chiusolo, Patrizia ^a   Sorà, Federica ^a   Piccirillo, Nicola ^a   Za, Tommaso ^a   Tarnani, Michela ^a   Rossi, Elena ^a   Leone, Giuseppe ^a   Sica, Simona ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; Early diagnosis; POEMS syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MELPHALAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMACYTOSIS; POEMS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; POEMS SYNDROME; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 42749086621     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2007.11.029     Document Type: Article

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