POEMS Syndrome

Research

Although POEMS is rare, Mayo Clinic attracts many patients with this disease. This provides Mayo with the opportunity to conduct research on this disease, including its natural history, preferred therapies and the underlying biology. To read more about related research, visit the Hematology Research Web page .

Publications

Dispenzieri A, Moreno-Aspitia A, Suarez GA, Lacy MQ, Colon-Otero G, Tefferi A, Litzow MR, Roy V, Hogan WJ, Kyle RA, Gertz MA. Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in 16 patients with POEMS syndrome, and a review of the literature. Blood. 2004 Nov 15;104(10):3400-7. Epub 2004 Jul 27. [Abstract]

Dispenzieri A, Gertz MA. Treatment of POEMS syndrome. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2004 Jun;5(3):249-57. [Abstract]

Dispenzieri A, Kyle RA, Lacy MQ, Rajkumar SV, Therneau TM, Larson DR, Greipp PR, Witzig TE, Basu R, Suarez GA, Fonseca R, Lust JA, Gertz MA. POEMS syndrome: definitions and long-term outcome. Blood. 2003 Apr 1;101(7):2496-506. Epub 2002 Nov 27. [Abstract]

Brazis PW, Liesegang TJ, Bolling JP, Kashii S, Trachtman M, Burde RM. When do optic disc edema and peripheral neuropathy constitute poetry? Surv Ophthalmol. 1990 Nov-Dec;35(3):219-25. [Abstract]