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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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Review
2008
Review
2008
Cachexia: prevalence and impact in medicine
Purpose of reviewCachexia is a progressive deterioration of body habitus associated with certain chronic diseases (e.g., cancer… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
A review of porcine circovirus 2-associated syndromes and diseases.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Twist Regulates Cytokine Gene Expression through a Negative Feedback Loop that Represses NF-κB Activity
Review
2000
Review
2000
The role of tumor necrosis factor in the pathophysiology of heart failure.
Review
1999
Review
1999
The role of cytokines in cancer cachexia
A large number of observations point towards cytokines, polypeptides released mainly by immune cells, as the molecules… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Cardiac cachexia: a syndrome with impaired survival and immune and neuroendocrine activation.
Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex syndrome affecting many body systems. Body wasting (ie, cardiac cachexia) is a serious… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Impact of body mass index and albumin on morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Hormonal changes and catabolic/anabolic imbalance in chronic heart failure and their importance for cardiac cachexia.
BACKGROUND The role of hormonal and cytokine abnormalities in the development of cardiac cachexia remains obscure. METHODS AND… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Cloning of the Ah-receptor cDNA reveals a distinctive ligand-activated transcription factor.
A cDNA encoding the murine Ah receptor (Ahb-1 allele for aromatic hydrocarbon responsiveness) has been isolated and characterized… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
A macrophage factor inhibits adipocyte gene expression: an in vitro model of cachexia.
Certain infections and malignancies in mammals cause the development of a condition known as cachexia in which the animal… 
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