New elements in the diagnosis and the treatment of primary AL amyloid polyneuropathy and neuropathy due to POEMS syndrome;Nouveautés dans le diagnostic et le traitement des neuropathies périphériques liées l'amylose AL et au syndrome POEMS

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-63

  Adams, D ^a   Lozeron, P ^a   Theaudin, M ^a   Ribrag, V ^a,b   Bourhis, J H ^a,b   Lacroix, C ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Amyloid neuropathies; Free light chains; Nerve biopsy; POEMS syndrome; VEGF

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POEMS SYNDROME; PRIMARY AL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY;

EID: 78751567872     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2010.07.042     Document Type: Review

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