title: A case of POEMS syndrome treated by autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 55-year-old woman with no remarkable medical history presented to a neurology ward with a 17-week history of rapidly progressive gait difficulties that confined her to a wheelchair.
  
  
  METHODS
  Electroneuromyography, immunoelectrophoresis, bone radiography, lesion-targeted bone-marrow examination, blood tests.
  
  
  METHODS
  Neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  High-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil Cedex, France. creange@univ-paris12.fr
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Créange
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chater
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Brouet
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaccard
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahmouni
authors.forename: Jean-Pascal
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lefaucheur
authors.forename: Aline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santin
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016878:POEMS Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*