POEMS syndrome with idiopathic portal hypertension: Autopsy case and review of the literature: Case Report

Pathology International

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 316-320

  Inoue, Rie ^a,b   Nakazawa, Atsushi ^a   Tsukada, Nobuhiro ^a   Katoh, Yuko ^a   Nagao, Toshitaka ^b   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^c   Mukai, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Idiopathic portal hypertension; POEMS syndrome; Pro angiogenic cytokines

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; M PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IDIOPATHIC PORTAL HYPERTENSION; LIMB WEAKNESS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; POEMS SYNDROME; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; POEMS SYNDROME; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 77949699035     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2009.02513.x     Document Type: Article

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