Bortezomib: A new therapeutic option for POEMS syndrome

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-177

  Kaygusuz, Isik ^a   Tezcan, Hakan ^a   Cetiner, Mustafa ^a   Kocakaya, Ozan ^a   Uzay, Ant ^a   Bayik, Mahmut ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bortezomib; POEMS syndrome; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

BORTEZOMIB; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; M PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLUBBING FINGERS; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMA CELL; POEMS SYNDROME; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REMISSION; SCLERODERMA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BORONIC ACIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; POEMS SYNDROME; PYRAZINES; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 74049146673     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2009.01341.x     Document Type: Article

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