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. 2018 May 10;131(19):2173-2176.
doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-07-795385. Epub 2018 Mar 29.

Long-term evaluation of physical improvement and survival of autologous stem cell transplantation in POEMS syndrome

Chikako Ohwada  1 , Emiko Sakaida  1 , Chika Kawajiri-Manako  1 , Yuhei Nagao  1 , Nagisa Oshima-Hasegawa  1 , Emi Togasaki  1   2 , Tomoya Muto  1 , Shokichi Tsukamoto  1 , Shio Mitsukawa  1   3 , Yusuke Takeda  1 , Naoya Mimura  1   3 , Masahiro Takeuchi  1 , Naomi Shimizu  4 , Sonoko Misawa  5 , Tohru Iseki  1   3 , Satoshi Kuwabara  5 , Chiaki Nakaseko  1   2
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Long-term evaluation of physical improvement and survival of autologous stem cell transplantation in POEMS syndrome

Chikako Ohwada et al. Blood. .
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Conflict-of-interest disclosure: The authors declare no competing financial interests.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Neurological improvement and survival after ASCT. (A) Upper panel shows overall neuropathy limitations score (ONLS) leg score, and lower panel shows conduction velocity and compound muscle action potential (CMAP) of the median motor nerve. (B) Clinical PFS and (C) overall survival categorized by serum VEGF level at ASCT.
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