Polyneuropathy improvement following autologous stem cell transplantation for POEMS syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 84, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 1981-1987

  Karam, Chafic ^a   Klein, Christopher J ^b   Dispenzieri, Angela ^b   Dyck, P James B ^b   Mandrekar, Jay ^b   D'Souza, Anita ^c   Mauermann, Michelle L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; OPIATE; PLERIXAFOR; RECOMBINANT GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BRACE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENGRAFTMENT SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN RANKIN SCALE SCORE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; POEMS SYNDROME; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RATING SCALE; WALKER; WHEELCHAIR; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POEMS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929225030     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001565     Document Type: Article

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