 Anorexia
"Anorexia" 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.
The lack or loss of APPETITE accompanied by an aversion to food and the inability to eat. It is the defining characteristic of the disorder ANOREXIA NERVOSA.
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D000855
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.821.108
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anorexia" by people in Profiles.
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Wang-Gillam A, Abrams RA, Posner MC, Pisters PW, Picozzi VJ. Supportive care considerations during concurrent chemoradiotherapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: lessons learned from clinical experience. Am J Clin Oncol. 2013 Dec; 36(6):637-43.
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Espi Forcen F. Anorexia mirabilis: the practice of fasting by Saint Catherine of Siena in the late Middle Ages. Am J Psychiatry. 2013 Apr; 170(4):370-1.
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Peterson SJ, Tsai AA, Scala CM, Sowa DC, Sheean PM, Braunschweig CL. Adequacy of oral intake in critically ill patients 1 week after extubation. J Am Diet Assoc. 2010 Mar; 110(3):427-33.
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Nutt JG, Burchiel KJ, Comella CL, Jankovic J, Lang AE, Laws ER, Lozano AM, Penn RD, Simpson RK, Stacy M, Wooten GF. Randomized, double-blind trial of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in PD. Neurology. 2003 Jan 14; 60(1):69-73.
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Raza A, Qawi H, Lisak L, Andric T, Dar S, Andrews C, Venugopal P, Gezer S, Gregory S, Loew J, Robin E, Rifkin S, Hsu WT, Huang RW. Patients with myelodysplastic syndromes benefit from palliative therapy with amifostine, pentoxifylline, and ciprofloxacin with or without dexamethasone. Blood. 2000 Mar 01; 95(5):1580-7.
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