Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal gammapathy, Skin changes Syndrome (POEMS)

• MEDLINE
• Early weight loss and high serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels in polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, skin changes syndrome - Ann Neurol 1994 Apr;35(4):501-5, Gherardi RK, et al
• Castleman's disease in POEMS syndrome with elevated interleukin-6. - Cancer 1992 Jun 1;69(11):2697-703 Mandler RN, et al
• Acute arterial obliteration: a new feature of the POEMS syndrome? - Medicine (Baltimore) 1996 Jul;75(4):226-32 Lesprit P, Authier FJ, Gherardi R, Belec L, Paris D, Melliere D, Schaeffer A, Godeau B
• All-trans-retinoic acid in POEMS syndrome. Therapeutic effect associated with decreased circulating levels of proinflammatory cytokines. - Arthritis Rheum 1996 Aug;39(8):1423-6; Authier FJ, Belec L, Levy Y, Lefaucheur JP, Defer GL, Degos JD, Gherardi RK
• Crow-Fukase syndrome: a case associated with vasospastic angina. - Acta Neurol (Napoli) 1994 Aug;16(4):170-6; Mochizuki Y, Yoshihashi H, Oishi M, Takasu T, Nozawa K, Uchiyama T, Sawada S
• The skin changes in the Crow-Fukase (POEMS) syndrome. A case report. Arch Dermatol 1987 Jan;123(1):85-7 Shelley WB, Shelley ED
• Terry's nails: revised definition and new correlations. - Lancet 1984 Apr 21;1(8382):896-9 Holzberg M, Walker HK
• A case of Crow-Fukase syndrome with elevated soluble interleukin-6 receptor in cerebrospinal fluid. Response to double-filtration plasmapheresis and corticosteroids. Acta Haematol 1995;94(2):90-4; Atsumi T, Kato K, Kurosawa S, Abe M, Fujisaku A
• Plasma-cell dyscrasia with polyneuropathy. The spectrum of POEMS syndrome.N Engl J Med 1992 Dec 31;327(27):1919-23; Miralles GD, O'Fallon JR, Talley NJ
• Improvement in the POEMS syndrome after administration of tamoxifen. - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1992 Jan;55(1):71-2; Enevoldson TP, Harding AE
• POEMS syndrome with idiopathic flushing mimicking carcinoid syndrome. - Am J Med 1991 May;90(5):646-8. Myers BM, Miralles GD, Taylor CA, Gastineau DA, Pisani RJ, Talley NJ