Poems for the Signs

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Kourelis TV, Dispenzieri A. Validation of a prognostic score for patients with POEMS syndrome: a mayo clinic cohort. Leukemia. 2017 May. 31 (5):1251. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Founded in 2005 by Kate Bernheimer, Fairy Tale Review is an annual literary journal dedicated to publishing new fairy tales and to helping raise public awareness of fairy tales as a diverse, innovative art form. Work from Fairy Tale Review has been selected for inclusion in The O. Henry Prize Stories Anthology, Best New American Voices, Best American Fantasy, Best Small Fictions, and listed as “Notable” in Best American Short Stories and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, among other honors.

Li Y, Valent J, Soltanzadeh P, Thakore N, Katirji B. Diagnostic challenges in POEMS syndrome presenting with polyneuropathy: A case series. J Neurol Sci. 2017 Jul 15. 378:170-174. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Dao LN, Hanson CA, Dispenzieri A, Morice WG, Kurtin PJ, Hoyer JD. Bone marrow histopathology in POEMS syndrome: a distinctive combination of plasma cell, lymphoid and myeloid findings in 87 patients. Blood. 2011 Mar 8. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. But in the end I guess she chose to write about neither and I am still wondering where the "brutally honest" part was as this book is about as deep and dark as a children's picture book.The poems don't rhyme, they don't flow, and they have no rhythm. A few have no consistent theme, and some don't make sense.

Sevketoglu E, Hatipoglu S, Ayan I, Dogan O, Salihoglu B. Case report: POEMS syndrome in childhood. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Mar. 30(3):235-8. [QxMD MEDLINE Link].Kojima H, Katsuoka Y, Katsura Y, Suzuki S, Suzukawa K, Hasegawa Y, et al. Successful treatment of a patient with POEMS syndrome by tandem high-dose chemotherapy with autologous CD34+ purged stem cell rescue. Int J Hematol. 2006 Aug. 84(2):182-5. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Badros A, Porter N, Zimrin A. Bevacizumab therapy for POEMS syndrome. Blood. 2005 Aug 1. 106(3):1135. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Colaco SM, Miller T, Ruben BS, Fogarty PF, Fox LP. IgM-lambda paraproteinemia with associated cutaneous lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate in a patient who meets diagnostic criteria for POEMS syndrome. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008 Apr. 58(4):671-5. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. Khan M, Stone K, van Rhee F. Daratumumab for POEMS Syndrome. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Apr. 93 (4):542-544. [QxMD MEDLINE Link]. I think she roasted Geminis once (ironically not in the Geminis chapter though) but then again calling us "two faced" is far from the best insult I've ever heard about my rising sign.