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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-05-25T23:41:45+00:00</created-at>
  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="caps"&gt;POEMS&lt;/span&gt; Syndrome is a rare disorder  named for its main features: Polyneuropathy (peripheral nerve damage), Organomegaly (abnormal enlargement of organs), Endocrinopathy (damage to hormone-producing glands)/Edema, M-protein (an abnormal antibody) and Skin abnormalities (including hyperpigmentation and hypertrichosis).&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <diagnosis></diagnosis>
  <disorder-description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="caps"&gt;POEMS&lt;/span&gt; Syndrome is a rare disorder  named for its main features: Polyneuropathy (peripheral nerve damage), Organomegaly (abnormal enlargement of organs), Endocrinopathy (damage to hormone-producing glands)/Edema, M-protein (an abnormal antibody) and Skin abnormalities (including hyperpigmentation and hypertrichosis).&lt;/p&gt;</disorder-description>
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  <general-symptoms></general-symptoms>
  <general-test></general-test>
  <general-treatment></general-treatment>
  <id type="integer">1075</id>
  <name>POEMS Syndrome</name>
  <participations-count type="integer">2</participations-count>
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  <prevalence-number-source-url></prevalence-number-source-url>
  <prevalence-type>Per 100,000 Population</prevalence-type>
  <prognosis></prognosis>
  <symptoms-count type="integer" nil="true"></symptoms-count>
  <synonym-tags>Crow-Fukase syndrome, Takatsuki disease, or PEP syndrome</synonym-tags>
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  <topics-count type="integer">1</topics-count>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2009-06-26T14:03:42+00:00</updated-at>
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