"HIV Wasting Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Involuntary weight loss of greater than 10 percent associated with intermittent or constant fever and chronic diarrhea or fatigue for more than 30 days in the absence of a defined cause other than HIV infection. A constant feature is major muscle wasting with scattered myofiber degeneration. A variety of etiologies, which vary among patients, contributes to this syndrome. (From Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed, p1611).
| Descriptor ID |
D019247
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.782.815.616.400.520 C02.800.801.400.520 C18.452.915.520 C18.654.940.520 C20.673.480.520
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| Concept/Terms |
HIV Wasting Syndrome- HIV Wasting Syndrome
- HIV Wasting Disease
- Slim Disease
- Wasting Syndrome, HIV
- AIDS Wasting Syndrome
- Wasting Syndrome, AIDS
- Wasting Disease, HIV
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "HIV Wasting Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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HIV-associated wasting. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2013 Jan-Feb; 24(1 Suppl):S103-11.
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Is gold always present in a "gold standard"? JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2002 Jul-Aug; 26(4):256.
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Comparison of standard and immune-enhancing oral formulas in asymptomatic HIV-infected persons: a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2002 Jan-Feb; 26(1):6-14.
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Management of antiretroviral-related nutritional problems: challenges and future directions. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2001; 12 Suppl:79-84.
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Management of antiretroviral-related nutritional problems: state of the science. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2001; 12 Suppl:67-74; quiz 75-8.
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Body composition in HIV-infected women. Nutrition. 2000 Nov-Dec; 16(11-12):1064-8.
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Minimizing HIV/AIDS malnutrition. Medsurg Nurs. 1998 Oct; 7(5):256-67; quiz 268-9.
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Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in HIV infection: principles and clinical applications. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1998 Jan-Feb; 9(1):49-54.