A case of POEMS syndrome treated by autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 686-691

  Créange, Alain ^a   Chater, Ahmed ^c   Brouet, Jean Claude ^d   Jaccard, Arnaud ^e   Rahmouni, Alain ^a   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a   Santin, Aline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Fontainebleau Hospital   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^e LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; MELPHALAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LEUKAPHERESIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POEMS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POEMS SYNDROME;

EID: 57249105340     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0942     Document Type: Article

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