| Literature DB >> 14714967 |
Takashi Tokashiki1, Teruto Hashiguchi, Kimiyoshi Arimura, Nobutaka Eiraku, Ikuro Maruyama, Mitsuhiro Osame.
Abstract
We report a case of a 62-year-old man diagnosed as Crow-Fukase syndrome (POEMS syndrome), in which the serial platelet count and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) concentration were determined before and during the state of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The serum VEGF concentration was noted to be gradually decreased prior to DIC, after which it abruptly decreased with a corresponding drop in platelet count upon the onset of DIC. The physiological effects of VEGF are viewed as one of the causative factors in DIC and its abrupt and excessive release may have caused the exacerbation of the patient's clinical symptoms.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 14714967 DOI： 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1240
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Intern Med ISSN： 0918-2918 Impact factor: 1.271