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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
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Gene expression profiling of monocyte-derived macrophages following infection with Mycobacterium avium subspecies avium and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis.
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) and Mycobacterium avium subspecies avium (MAA) represent two closely… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Clinical presentation of hospitalized adult patients with HIV infection and AIDS in Bangkok, Thailand.
OBJECTIVE To characterize the clinical spectrum of disease and immune status of adult HIV-1-infected patients in Bangkok… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The pineal gland as a central regulator of cytokine network.
Even though cytokines may fundamentally act as local factors, the recent advances in the knowledge of neuroimmunomodulation (NIM… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
HIV wasting syndrome in the United States
ObjectiveTo describe the characteristics of individuals ≥ 13 years of age with HIV wasting syndrome in the United States and US… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Toxicity and reproductive effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in ring-necked pheasant hens.
Hen pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) injected with graded single doses of TCDD (6.25, 25, or 100 micrograms/kg) exhibited delayed… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Efficacy of (S)‐1‐(3‐hydroxy‐2‐phosphonylmethoxypropyl)cytosine and 9‐(1,3‐dihydroxy‐2‐propoxymethyl)guanine for the treatment of murine cytomegalovirus infection in severe combined immunodeficiency…
Mice with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) inoculated intraperitoneally with murine cytornegalovirus (MCMV) develop a… 
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
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… 
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