Small fiber neuropathy associated with multiple myeloma and IgA monoclonal gammopathy

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1043-1044

  Živković, Saša A ^a,b   Delios, Ana ^b   Lacomis, David ^b   Lentzsch, Suzanne ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FENTANYL; FLUDARABINE; HYDROCODONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MELPHALAN; PREGABALIN; SERTRALINE; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD SENSATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 69249209910     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-009-0724-8     Document Type: Letter

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