Proposal of new clinical diagnostic criteria for POEMS syndrome.

Tomoki SuichiSonoko MisawaYasunori SatoMinako BeppuEmiko SakaidaYukari SekiguchiKazumoto ShibuyaKeisuke WatanabeHiroshi AminoSatoshi Kuwabara

Published in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2018)

The statistically defined, simple diagnostic criteria for POEMS syndrome could accelerate early diagnosis and treatment, thereby contribute to better outcome in patients with this serious disease. Prospective larger studies are required to confirm the validity.

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case report