POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein and skin changes) syndrome in China

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 481-485

  Cui, R T ^a   Huang, X S ^a   Shi, Q ^a   Tian, C L ^a   Liu, J X ^a   Pu, C Q ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrinopathy; Monoclonal plasmaproliferative disorder; Organomegaly; POEMS syndrome; Polyneuropathy; Skin changes

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POEMS SYNDROME; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME DELINEATION; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POEMS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959622282     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02172.x     Document Type: Article

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