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Cachexia

Known as: CACHECTIC, Cachexia [Disease/Finding], Wasting syndrome 
The loss of body weight and muscle mass frequently seen in patients with cancer, AIDS, or other diseases.
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Groll Hirschowitz syndrome

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Nutritional and Metabolic DiseasesSigns and Symptoms

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Review
2016
Review
2016
Ghrelin for the management of cachexia associated with cancer.
BACKGROUND Cancer sufferers are amongst the most malnourished of all the patient groups. Studies have shown that ghrelin, a gut… 
1987
1987
Whole-body protein turnover in adult hemodialysis patients as measured by 13C-leucine.
Muscle wasting may occur in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). To determine whether this is due to a decrease in the… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Immunoperoxidase localization of large granular lymphocytes in normal tissues and lesions of athymic nude rats.
The immunocytochemical localization of cells reacting with the OX-8 monoclonal antibody was studied in athymic nude rats by the… 
1981
1981
Comparison of simple screening tests for fat malabsorption.
Three tests were evaluated as screening procedures for fat malabsorption--namely, measurement of serum optical density, serum… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Increased insulin binding to erythrocytes in anorexia nervosa: restoration to normal with refeeding.
We studied [125I] insulin binding to circulating cells in patients with anorexia nervosa (eight females), in the basal cachectic… 
1978
1978
Ultraviolet light-induced sister chromatid exchanges in xeroderma pigmentosum and in Cockayne's syndrome lymphocyte cell lines.
Sister chromatid exchanges (SCE's) were studied in lymphocyte cell lines derived from 11 patients with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP… 
1975
1975
Isolation of low-virulent mouse hepatitis virus from nude mice with wasting syndrome and hepatitis.
Mouse hepatitis viruses were isolated on DBT cell culture from affected livers in most nude mice having wasting syndrome and… 
1968
1968
Lindane toxicity and protein-deficient diet.
The median lethal dose (LD50) ± SE of gamma benzene hexachloride (lindane) given orally to young, male, albino rats was 157 ± 37… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Studies on the Metabolism of Plasma Proteins in Tumor-Bearing Rats ‡
The "autonomy" of neoplastic tissue is intimately related to its ability to carry out net synthesis of protein regardless of the… 
1933
1933
Etiology of polyneuritis.
In a paper written two years ago,1I made a preliminary report on a number of cases of polyneuritis of obscure etiology and… 
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