 Cachexia
"Cachexia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
General ill health, malnutrition, and weight loss, usually associated with chronic disease.
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D002100
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.144.243.963.500.500
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cachexia" by people in Profiles.
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Harper SC, Brack A, MacDonnell S, Franti M, Olwin BB, Bailey BA, Rudnicki MA, Houser SR. Is Growth Differentiation Factor 11 a Realistic Therapeutic for Aging-Dependent Muscle Defects? Circ Res. 2016 Apr 01; 118(7):1143-50; discussion 1150.
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Ritchie CS, Currow DC, Abernethy AP, Kutner JS. Multisite studies offer a solution to recruitment challenges in palliative care studies. J Palliat Med. 2013 Mar; 16(3):225.
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Cosper PF, Leinwand LA. Myosin heavy chain is not selectively decreased in murine cancer cachexia. Int J Cancer. 2012 Jun 01; 130(11):2722-7.
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Kutner JS. An 86-year-old woman with cardiac cachexia contemplating the end of her life: review of hospice care. JAMA. 2010 Jan 27; 303(4):349-56.
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Nagaraja AK, Agno JE, Kumar TR, Matzuk MM. Luteinizing hormone promotes gonadal tumorigenesis in inhibin-deficient mice. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2008 Nov 06; 294(1-2):19-28.
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Lai JS, Cella D, Peterman A, Barocas J, Goldman S. Anorexia/cachexia-related quality of life for children with cancer. Cancer. 2005 Oct 01; 104(7):1531-9.
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Belkind-Gerson J, Ontiveros-Nevares P, Ocampo-Roosens V, Sandoval-Juárez D. Shwachman-Diamond syndrome in a Mexican family. Arch Med Res. 2001 Jul-Aug; 32(4):318-23.
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Rivadeneira DE, Naama HA, McCarter MD, Fujita J, Evoy D, Mackrell P, Daly JM. Glucocorticoid blockade does not abrogate tumor-induced cachexia. Nutr Cancer. 1999; 35(2):202-6.
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Freeman LM, Rush JE, Kehayias JJ, Ross JN, Meydani SN, Brown DJ, Dolnikowski GG, Marmor BN, White ME, Dinarello CA, Roubenoff R. Nutritional alterations and the effect of fish oil supplementation in dogs with heart failure. J Vet Intern Med. 1998 Nov-Dec; 12(6):440-8.
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Bessesen DH, Faggioni R. Recently identified peptides involved in the regulation of body weight. Semin Oncol. 1998 Apr; 25(2 Suppl 6):28-32.
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