Efficacy of lenalidomide in POEMS syndrome: A retrospective study of 20 patients

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 207-212

  Royer, Bruno ^a   Merlusca, Lavinia ^a   Abraham, Julie ^b   Musset, Lucile ^c   Haroche, Julien ^c   Choquet, Sylvain ^c   Leleu, Xavier ^d   Sebban, Catherine ^e   Decaux, Olivier ^f   Galicier, Lionel ^g   Roussel, Muriel ^h   Recher, Christian ^h   Banos, Anne ⁱ   Guichard, Isabelle ^j   Brisseau, Jean Marie ^k   Godmer, Pascal ^l   Hermine, Olivier ^m   Deplanque, Gaël ⁿ   Facon, Thierry ^d   Asli, Bouchra ^g   Leblond, Véronique ^c   fermand, Jean Paul ^g   Marolleau, Jean Pierre ^a   Jaccard, Arnaud ^b   more..

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Amiens   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^f RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^h CHU PURPAN   (France)

ⁱ Centre Hospitalier (CH)   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^k NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^l Centre hospitalier Bretagne Atlantique   (France)

^m HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

ⁿ CH St Joseph   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BEVACIZUMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LENALIDOMIDE; MELPHALAN; PREDNISOLONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD TOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POEMS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POEMS SYNDROME; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALIDOMIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84874322750     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23374     Document Type: Article

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