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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Historical Perspective
It was originally described in part by various investigators, and received its present name in 1980 by Bardwick et al.[1]
Crow, working in Bristol, first described the combination of osteosclerotic myeloma, polyneuropathy and various unusual features (such as pigmentation and clubbing) in two patients aged 54 and 67.[2]
References
- ↑ Bardwick PA, Zvaifler NJ, Gill GN, Newman D, Greenway GD, Resnick DL. Plasma cell dyscrasia with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, and skin changes: the POEMS syndrome: report on two cases and a review of the literature. Medicine (Baltimore) 1980;59:311-22. PMID 6248720.
- ↑ Crow RS (1956). "Peripheral neuritis in myelomatosis". Br Med J. 2 (4996): 802–4. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.4996.802. PMC 2035359. PMID 13364332.