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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2019

Characteristics of 1946 Cases of POEMS Syndrome in Chinese Subjects: A Literature-Based Study.

Yong Wang, Li-Bo Huang, Yi-Hua Shi, Huan Fu, Zhen Xu, Guo-Qing Zheng, Yan Wang

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. POEMS Syndrome: Clinical and Laboratory Approach Towards Diagnosis.Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB · 2022
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  9. Turkish journal of ophthalmology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yong WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Li-Bo HuangDepartment of Internal Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yi-Hua ShiDepartment of Internal Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Huan FuDepartment of Internal Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Zhen XuDepartment of Internal Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Guo-Qing ZhengDepartment of Internal Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Wenzhou Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

POEMS syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic disorder characterized secondary to a rare plasma cell dyscrasia. Here, we aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics of large sample cases of POEMS in Chinese subjects through making a review of the Chinese literature. Four databases were electronically searched from inception until October 2016. Case reports and case series were identified. Six hundred studies with 1946 participants were identified. The first case was reported in 1986, and the number of reported cases peaked in 2009 and 2010. The top seven provinces on the number of reported cases were in the south-east area of China. The top three departments on the number of published papers and reported cases were ordinally department of Neurology, Hematology, and Endocrinology. The ratio of male to female was about 2.23. The range of age onset was from 10 to 81 years with the mean age of 46.39 (SD, 12.10 years). The initial symptoms of POEMS with peripheral neuropathy, edema and effusions, endocrinopathy, skin changes, and organomegaly accounted for 60.44, 15.72, 9.87, 8.05, and 2.13%, respectively, and subsequently acquired above symptoms as the prevalence was 99.49, 81.91, 75.56, 77.08, and 83.09%, respectively. The present study would help to understand the clinical presentations of POEMS syndrome in the Chinese population.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAsian PeopleChildChinaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPOEMS SyndromePrevalenceYoung AdultChinese populationclinical manifestationsperipheral neuropathyplasma cell dyscrasiaPOEMS syndrome

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PMCPMC6598596
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