POEMS Syndrome: 2026 Update on Diagnosis, Risk‐Stratification, and Management
ABSTRACT Disease Overview POEMS syndrome is a life‐threatening syndrome due to an underlying plasma cell neoplasm. The major criteria for the syndrome are polyneuropathy, clonal plasma cell disorder (PCD), sclerotic bone lesions, elevated vascular endothelial growth factor, and the presence of Castleman disease.
Angela Dispenzieri
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Effects of scalable, wordless, short, animated storytelling videos on hope in China: a nationwide, single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial. [PDF]
Chen W +8 more
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ABSTRACT Plasmodium vivax‐associated anemia is a multifactorial clinical outcome, in which the destruction of uninfected red blood cells (uRBCs) plays a major role in disease development and severity. Here, we identified autoantibody targets within the extracellular loops of Band 3 (B3), a major erythrocyte transmembrane protein.
Aline Marzano‐Miranda +6 more
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Editorial Team changes: thanking you for your service! [PDF]
Nolan MA.
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Melatonin Levels in 89 Individuals With Smith Magenis Syndrome
ABSTRACT In patients with Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS), an inverted circadian rhythm of melatonin (MT) contributes to the sleep disturbance. Standard treatment of sleep disturbance with MT often leads to extremely high daytime MT levels, resulting in even more sleep disorders. We therefore retrospectively evaluated the MT data of 89 SMS patients.
Wiebe Braam, Ann C. M. Smith
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'A Completely Different Person': Embodied Dialectics and Biographical Disruption After Stroke. [PDF]
Rowland-Coomber S +10 more
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Streamlining Diagnosis of Bardet–Biedl Syndrome: New Diagnostic Algorithm With Updated Criteria
ABSTRACT Considerable advances have been made in our understanding of Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS), particularly in its core clinical features and molecular genetics, warranting an update to the existing diagnostic criteria framework. Using a rigorous, evidence‐based, and consensus‐driven process, a multidisciplinary group of international experts and ...
Jeremy J. Pomeroy +16 more
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Understanding the pathogenesis of uveitis in Ebola virus disease survivors: an observational cohort and cross-sectional study protocol for clinical, molecular virologic and immunologic characterisation. [PDF]
Hartley CD +40 more
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ABSTRACT Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS) results from either a recurrent 17p11.2 deletion or pathogenic variants in the retinoic acid induced 1 gene (RAI1). While neurodevelopmental impairment and behavioral dysregulation are well recognized, systematic genotype‐stratified analyses across psychiatric domains remain limited.
Albin Blanc +7 more
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Visual content and thematic analyses of images shared on social media before and after episodes of self-harm in a UK clinical youth sample. [PDF]
Bye A +7 more
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