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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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Nutritional and Metabolic DiseasesSigns and Symptoms

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Review
2002
Review
2002
Epidemiology of weight loss in humans with special reference to wasting in the elderly.
Review
2001
Review
2001
TACE and other ADAM proteases as targets for drug discovery.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Protein Loss in Cancer Cachexia
Muscle wasting (cachexia) is a debilitating syndrome that is common in AIDS and cancer patients. In his Perspective, Tisdale… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
A human leptin mutant induces weight gain in normal mice
Review
1996
Review
1996
Cracking the riddle of cancer anorexia.
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
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The role of interleukin-6 in lipopolysaccharide-induced weight loss, hypoglycemia and fibrinogen production, in vivo.
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… 
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