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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.
National Institutes of Health

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Groll Hirschowitz syndrome

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Nutritional and Metabolic DiseasesSigns and Symptoms

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Elevated plasma ghrelin level in underweight patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Ghrelin, a novel growth hormone-releasing peptide, has been shown to cause a positive energy balance by reducing fat use and… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Cytokine profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from pigs with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in response to mitogen, superantigen or recall viral antigens.
In vitro cytokine profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from pigs with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
TACE and other ADAM proteases as targets for drug discovery.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Porcine Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome in Korean Pig: Detection of Porcine Circovirus 2 Infection by Immunohistochemistry and Polymerase Chain Reaction
This report describes the first diagnosis of porcine circovirus (PCV) infection in weaned pigs with postweaning multisystemic… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Massive upregulation of the Fas ligand in lpr and gld mice: implications for Fas regulation and the graft-versus-host disease-like wasting syndrome
Fas-deficient lpr and gld mice develop lymphadenopathy due to the accumulation of T cells with an unusual double negative (DN… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Ubiquitin gene expression is increased in skeletal muscle of tumour‐bearing rats
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… 
Review
1978
Review
1978
Jejunoileal bypass for morbid obesity. A critical appraisal.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Hormones and immunologic capacity. I. Effect of heterologous anti-growth hormone (ASTH) antiserum on thymus and peripheral lymphatic tissue in mice. Induction of a wasting syndrome.
Summary The relationship between somatotropic hormone (STH) and the development of lymphoid organs was investigated. Repeated… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
STUDIES ON GLOBULIN AND ANTIBODY PRODUCTION IN MICE THYMECTOMIZED AT BIRTH.
Serum globulin levels and antibody against sheep red cells, Salmonella typhi (`O' and `H'), haemocyanin and pneumococcus type 3… 
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