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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2022

POEMS Syndrome with Biclonal Gammopathy and Renal Involvement.

Kohei Inoue, Kei Nagai, Tsuyoshi Tsukada, Mamiko Iwase, Akiko Sakata, Atsushi Ueda, Kunihiro Yamagata

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kohei InoueDepartment of Nephrology, Hitachi General Hospital, Japan.
Kei NagaiDepartment of Nephrology, Hitachi General Hospital, Japan.
Tsuyoshi TsukadaDepartment of Nephrology, Hitachi General Hospital, Japan.
Mamiko IwaseDepartment of Nephrology, Hitachi General Hospital, Japan.
Akiko SakataDepartment of Pathology, Hitachi General Hospital, Japan.
Atsushi UedaDepartment of Nephrology, Hitachi General Hospital, Japan.
Kunihiro YamagataDepartment of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Hitachi General Hospital · JPUniversity of Tsukuba · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, M-protein and Skin changes (POEMS) syndrome manifests as elevated levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and monoclonal gammopathy. We treated a case of POEMS syndrome showing monoclonality in both IgA-λ and IgG-κ. Serial renal biopsies before treatment and after normalization of the VEGF levels suggested that glomerular microangiopathy had developed due to VEGF, while biclonal gammopathy was not eliminated. The renal pathology, proteinuria, and renal function all clearly improved. Although severe polyneuropathy limited activities of daily living and enforced a bedridden state, the patient dramatically regained his motor function, achieving crutch walking after induction of remission. This case is highly notable due to the presence of biclonality and repeated biopsies.

Indexed as

Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined SignificanceParaproteinemiasPOEMS SyndromeActivities of Daily LivingHumansVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Abiclonal gammopathyPOEMS syndromepolyneuropathyproteinuriaVEGF

Identifiers

PMID35283379
PMCPMC9381336
OpenAlexW4220819987

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